ASHOK KUMAR Vs. UNION OF INDIA

JUDGEMENT

(1.) The hearing was conducted through video conferencing.

(2.) The appeal impugns award dtd. 31/7/2019. The appeal was originally filed on 7/1/2020 with a delay of 64 days.

(3.) It is contended that the appellant who is a senior citizen fell ill and accordingly could not file the appeal within time and he after his recovery approached the counsel who thereafter drafted the appeal and filed the same.