Janagaran vs Manimegalai — 100/2026

Summary: The Judicial Magistrate at Oddanchatram allowed Shriram Finance Ltd.'s petition to condone a 17-day delay in filing a cheque dishonor complaint against Manimegalai under Section 5 of the Limitation Act. The court accepted that the delay was caused by the petitioner's ill-health preventing timely consultation with counsel and was not willful or deliberate. Applying a liberal, justice-oriented approach, the court ruled that the minimal delay should not scuttle the case on technical grounds alone, thereby permitting the complaint to proceed. This case analysis is maintained by casestatus.in based on publicly available court records.