FAO No.4114 of 2009 (O&M) [ 1 ] IN THE HIGH COURT FOR THE STATES OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH ... FAO No.4114 of 2009 (O&M) Decided on : August 20, 2009 Ram Kumar ... Appellant VERSUS Narender and others ... Respondents CORAM : HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE A.N.JINDAL Present: Mr.Amit Singla, Advocate for the applicant- appellant. A.N.JINDAL, J.- The appeal has arisen out of the award dated 19.4.2008 passed by Motor Accident Claims Tribunal, Jind. However, the appeal being time barred is accompanied by an application for condonation of 369 days in filing the appeal. The grounds set out in the application are that son of the appellant had died, who used to drive the vehicle earlier. As such, out of agony, the appellant could not know about the decision and it came to his knowledge at a later stage. Mainly, the mental trauma has been set up as a ground to condone the delay. The impugned award was passed more than a year back and the appeal was filed only on 22.7.2009. No medical record has been FAO No.4114 of 2009 (O&M) [ 2 ] placed on record to show that the appellant was under mental trauma. Since the case had been pending and was decided in the presence of the counsel for the appellant, therefore, the explanation put forward by him cannot be treated to be satisfactory for condonation of such a long delay. Thus, the application is dismissed. Resultantly, the appeal also fails. August 20, 2009 ( A.N.JINDAL ) `gian' JUDGE