Selenchina v. Mohamed Marikar and Others – sllr 2000 volume 3 page 100

In the case between SELENCHINA (Plaintiff) and MOHAMED MARIKAR AND OTHERS (Defendants), the court addressed the issue of whether a notice of appeal had been filed within the 14-day period as mandated by Section 754(4) of the Civil Procedure Code. It was held that the computation of the limitation period must exclude the day of the judgment, the day the petition is presented, as well as all intervening Sundays and public holidays. This clarified the standard for calculating statutory deadlines for appeal filings. Referring to the relevant statutory provision, the decision emphasized the appropriate method of calculating such periods, allowing for the exclusion of non-working days. The appeal against the Court of Appeal’s 03.03.1998 judgment was consequently allowed, and the matter was reman