PLD 2025 SC 60

Appeal time- barred by 22 days—Condonation of delay, application for—Wrong advise/confusion of counsel not sufficient cause for condonation of delay—In the application seeking condonation of delay it was stated that initially the legal advice received was that a leave petition ought to be filed before the Supreme Court—In the said application in another paragrapgh it was stated that thereafter the legal advice was that an appeal lay as of right—It was this confusion or conflict in legal advice that led to the delay in the filing of the appeal—Wrong legal advice such as appeared to be involved in the present case did not constitute sufficient cause within the meaning of law—Since it was the appellant’s own position that an appeal lay as of right with the present appeal being barred by time, the delay could not be condoned—Application seeking condonation of delay was dismissed, with the result that the appeal also stood dismissed.
C.A.766/2021 Ghulam Sarwar (deceased) thr. his L.Rs. v. Province of Punjab