The National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission (NCDRC) has dismissed a revision petition filed by 63-year-old Errol Sequeira against the BMC-run K.A. Bhabha Hospital, holding that his plea was barred by limitation due to an unexplained delay of 758 days.
A Bench comprising Dr. Inder Jit Singh (Presiding Member) and Justice Dr. Sudhir Kumar Jain (Member) refused to condone the delay, observing that old age, illness, financial issues, difficulty in retrieving old records, or incorrect filing could not be accepted as sufficient legal grounds.
“The petitioner acted in a negligent manner and failed to show sufficient cause for the delay,” the Commission stated, stressing that limitation laws must be applied strictly and cannot be relaxed on sympathetic considerations.