-1- IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY APPELLATE CIVIL JURISDICTION CIVIL APPLICATION NO. 72 OF 2008 IN LETTERS PATENT APPEAL (STAMP) NO. 5431 OF 2008 IN WRIT PETITION NO. 4732 OF 2007 Dnyaneshwar Shanker Dalvi ).. Applicant Versus Jaslok Hospital and others ).. Respondents Ms. Leela D. Malu for the Applicant. Smt. Madhavi Deshpande for the Respondents. CORAM: SWATANTER KUMAR, C.J. & V.M . KANADE, J. DATE: JUNE 16, 2008. P.C. This is an Application for condonation of 54 days' delay in filing the present Appeal. It is stated that the wife of the Appellant had met with an accident and was admitted to hospital i.i. Shivaji Hospital, Thane. The Applicant, therefore, could not take expeditious steps to file the present Appeal. From the affidavit annexed to the Application, we have no reason to disbelieve the grounds stated by the Applicant and sufficient cause has been shown to condone the delay. Consequently, -2- the delay in filing the present Appeal of 54 days is condoned. 2. Civil Application disposed of by making prayer clause (a) absolute. 3. List the Letters Patent Appeal for admission on 30th June 2008. CHIEF JUSTICE V.M. KANADE, J.