1 CA 6506/07 abs FARAD CONTINUATION IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CIVIL APPLICATION NO. 6506 OF 2007 IN FIRST APPEAL (ST) NO. 28461 OF 2007 New India Assurance Co. Ltd. .. Applicant V/s Gundu Vithoba & Ors. .. Respondents ­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­ Office Notes, Office Memoranda of Court's or Judge's Orders Coram, appearances, Court's Orders or directions and Registrar's Orders Mr. Dinesh Gupta for the applicant. CORAM : D.G. KARNIK, J. DATE : 10TH JANUARY 2011 P.C. : 1. Heard. 2. This is an application for condonation of delay which is of more than 6 months. The only reason given in the application is found in paragraph 5 which reads thus: “ The Appellant submits that however 2 CA 6506/07 the said delay was not deliberate/ intentional and occurred on account of circumstances beyond the control of the Appellant. In the circumstances, the Appellant submits that the delay occurred in filing the present Appeal may be condoned in the facts and circumstances of the present case.” What were the circumstances on account of which the delay was caused and how they were beyond the control of the applicant are not at all mentioned. Mere ipse dixit of the applicant that the delay was caused on account of circumstances beyond the control of the applicant cannot be accepted. The application is vague and no care has been taken in explaining the delay. The application is rejected summarily. (D.G. KARNIK, J.)