JUDGMENT 1. - Ravindra Prakash and others have filed this appeal against the judgement of the Motor Vehicles Accidents Claims Tribunal, Udaipur dated November 8, 1982. The Tribunal has dismissed the claim on the ground that it was barred by limitation. 2. The claim related to the death of the husband Govind Swaroop. The claimants are Surendra Kumari his wife and Parveen and Ashutosh & other sons. 3. The reason given for the prayer of condonation of delay of 4 days was that the widow cannot move out of the house for one year and according to the customs she has to remain in the house. 4. After hearing the learned counsel for the parties, I find that the Tribunal has acted with undue strictness in dealing with the question of limitation even when the claim is by the widow and the sons of the deceased who died in accident. 5. Obviously the delay was at the most of 4 days. 8th and 9th were holidays on account of Deepawali and, therefore, though technically delay is of 4 days but in fact it is of 2 days. The reason given by the learned counsel cannot be said to be concocted or unfounded because it is well known that amongst the Hindus there is a custom mostly in most of the communities that the widows normally do not move out after the death of the husband-quite for some time. In such a situation to press for strict proof is against the principles of social justice in a case where the claim is based on social welfare legislation and it relates to the compensation out of an accident resulting in death. 6. Consequently the appeal is accepted. The delay is condoned as there was sufficient cause. The tribunal would now consider the case on merits and decide it afresh according to law by January 2, 1987. The parties would bear their own costs so far.appeal Allowed. *******