1 CAF No.5980/08 mpt IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CIVIL APPLICATION NO.5980 of 2008 IN FIRST APPEAL ST. NO.27117 of 2008 National Insurance Co. Ltd. ... Applicant versus (i) Smt.Shakuntala Dhansingrao Chavan (ii)Lirin Road Lines Pvt.Ltd. (iii)Maharashtra State Transport Corporation (iv)Mr.Dhansing Jaganath Chavan ... Respondents ... Mr. S.S. Vidyarthi for the applicant CORAM : D.G. KARNIK, J DATED : 17th January 2011. P.C. 1. This application is for condonation of a delay of 10 months and 10 days in filing of an appeal. The reasons given in paragraph no.3 of the application for condonation of delay are too vague. Opinion of a senior advocate was sought as to whether an appeal should be filed. He gave his opinion on 17 December 2007. The appeal was not filed till 24 November 2008 i.e after a period of 10 months even after obtaining 2 CAF No.5980/08 of the legal opinion. The grievance that the issue was very complicated and that has resulted in the late filing of an appeal does not survive as the legal opinion was obtained more than 10 months before filing of an appeal. The other reason given is of pressure work and office exigencies and delay in preparation of the cheque required for filing of an appeal. There appears to be something seriously wrong in the appellate company if it takes more than 10 months to even file an appeal even after the legal opinion is obtained. That apart, the record discloses that the appeal memo was sworn before a notary in Mumbai on 17 October 2008 and the appeal was actually filed on 18 November 2008 i.e after one month even after the appeal memo was sworn. This delay is not explained. In my view, the delay is not satisfactorily explained. Civil Application is therefore dismissed. (D.G.KARNIK, J)