121 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH CM-11057-CII-2025; CM-11058-CII-2025 in/and FAO-3462-2025 Date of Decision: August 26, 2025 Dipa Dass and another … Appellants Versus Mukesh Yadav and others …Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE DEEPAK GUPTA Present:- Mr. Nish Yadav, Advocate for the appellants. DEEPAK GUPTA , J.(Oral) Appellants herein are the parents of deceased – Dipankar Das, who died in a motor vehicular accident. Claim peon filed under Secon 166 of the Motor Vehicles Act,1988 by the appellants was disposed of by the Motor Accident Claims Tribunal, Rewari vide an Award dated 07.12.2023 awarding compensaon of `20,71,000/-. 2. Seeking enhancement of compensaon, this appeal has been filed along with CM-11058-CII-2025 under Secon 5 of the Limitaon Act, for condonaon of delay of 173 days in filing the appeal. Another applicaon, CM-11057-CII-2025, seeking condonaon of delay of 214 days in re-filing the appeal, has also been filed. 3. The only ground pleaded in the applicaon to condone the delay is that the appellants were not well aware of the legal posion, so took me to engage the counsel, which caused delay. 4. The reasons pleaded by the appellant for seeking condonaon of delay in re-filing and filing the appeal, are absolutely not jusfiable. This Court does not find any ground to condone the delay of 214 days in re-filing and 173 days in filing the appeal. As such, both the applicaons as well as the main appeal stand dismissed. August 26, 2025 (DEEPAK GUPTA) sarita JUDGE Whether reasoned/speaking: Yes/No Whether reportable: Yes/No Sarita Rani 2025.08.26 17:46 I attest to the accuracy of this document/order