In the High Court of Punjab and Haryana at Chandigarh FAO No. 1538 of 2009 (O&M) Date of decision: July 14, 2009 Amarkana and others .. Appellants Vs. Hussain Ali and others .. Respondents Coram: Hon'ble Mr. Justice A.N. Jindal Present: Mr. Brijender Kaushik, Advocate for the appellants. A.N. Jindal, J The appellant-claimant is 55 years old lady. She suffered 15% disability. The Motor Accident Claims Tribunal, Ambala, (herein referred as 'the Tribunal') vide order dated 23.5.2008, awarded compensation to the tune of Rs.25,000/-. Being dissatisfied, she has preferred this appeal which is delayed by 179 days. The grounds as set out in the application for condoning the delay are that due to untimely demise of her husband she was in agony and there was no body to take care of her, therefore, she could not contact her counsel. The aforesaid ground cannot be treated as sufficient for condoning the delay. The appellant has been pursuing the case regarding compensation, and there was no difficulty for her to go and contact her counsel for filing the appeal. Resultantly, the instant miscellaneous application is dismissed. Consequently, the accompanying appeal also fails. July 14, 2009 (A.N. Jindal) deepak Judge