<p class="ql-align-center">IN THE COURT OF APPEAL</p><p class="ql-align-center">AT MOMBASA</p><p class="ql-align-center">(Coram: Platt, Gachuhi JJA and Masime Ag JA)</p><p class="ql-align-center">CIVIL APPLICATION NO NAI 143 OF 1987</p><p class="ql-align-center">BETWEEN</p><p class="ql-align-center">LYDIA WANJIRU MWANGI........................................APPELLANT</p><p class="ql-align-center">AND</p><p class="ql-align-center">RAJNIKANT JOSHI...............................................RESPONDENT</p><p class="ql-align-center"><em> (Application for extension of time to file an appeal from a Ruling of the High Court at Mombasa, Bhandari J)</em></p><p class="ql-align-center">RULING</p><p class="ql-align-justify">January 28, 1988, Platt, Gachuhi JJA and Masime Ag JA delivered the following Ruling.</p><p class="ql-align-justify">There are before the Court two applications Nos 143 of 1987 and No 6 of 1988. In the first, the applicant Lydia Wanjiru Mwangi seeks an extension of time to lodge the record of appeal out of time. In the second, Rajnikant Joshi seeks to strike out the notice of appeal because a step has not been taken, namely, to lodge the record of appeal within time. Thus under Rule 80 of the Court of Appeal Rules the appeal may be struck out. In accordance with our usual practice both applications were heard together, the application for leave …</p>