(1.) HEARD Ld. Advocate Ms. Megha Jani for the applicant and Ld. Sr. counsel Mr. PC Kavina with Ld. Advocate Mr. Sachin Vasavada and Mr. Samrat N Mehta for the opponent no. 1. opponent no. 2 though served, has remained absent. Whereas opponent no. 3 is deleted by the applicant. The applicant has prayed to condone the delay of 318 days caused in filing First Appeal against the judgment and order dated 20/12/2011 passed by the City Civil Court, Ahmedabad, in Civil Suit No. 3533 of 2002. Such suit was filed by the opponent no. 1 for passing off their medicinal preparation and claiming special damages to the tune of Rs. 1 lac. By the impugned judgment, the suit was decreed in favour of the opponent no. 1 confirming prohibitory order against present applicant as well as opponent nos. 2 and 3 so as to restrain them from manufacturing, marketing and selling their product under the trademark "proloc". Original defendants are also directed to pay Rs. 1 lac by way of special damages to the plaintiff.
(2.) IN general, law of limitation is liberal and Courts are also liberal in condoning delay. However, opponent no. 1 herein has resisted the application firmly and filed their affidavit -in -reply with certain documents to show that there was no bonafide on the part of the applicant and there is no sufficient cause for not filing the appeal in prescribed period of limitation. Therefore, the application is required to be dealt with in detail.
(3.) CONSIDERING the reference of parties in the impugned judgment and record, it would be appropriate to refer them in their capacity before the trial Court, wherein present applicant is defendant no. 2, opponent nos. 2 and 3 are respectively defendant nos. 1 and 3 whereas present opponent no. 1 is original plaintiff.