limitation act S. 5, Sufficient Cause – limitation
adoption of strict standard of proof sometimes fails to protect public justice and it may result in public mischief.
State of Nagaland v. Lipok AO and others [(2005) 3 SCC 752], , after referring to New India insurance Co. Ltd. V. Shanti Misra [(1975) 2 SCC 840], N. Balakrishnan v. M. Krishnamurthy [AIR 1998 SC 3222], State of Haryana v. Chandra Mani [(1996) 3 SCC 132] and Special Tehsildar, Land Acquisition v. K.V. Ayisumma [(1996) 10 SCC 634],