Civil Procedure Code, 1908, Order 9, Rule 7 -- Ex parte proceedings - Setting aside - Service of summons - Defendant not present at the spot - Defendant proceeded ex parte on the basis of affixation of summons and copy of plaint at the door of defendant's house - A duty is cast upon Court to get parties personally served and in case a litigant does not meet at the spot,..........
Civil Procedure Code, 1908, Order 9, Rule 7 -- Setting aside order proceeding ex parte - Application to set aside order - Again non appearance - Court passing another `ex parte' order - An application U.O.9.R.7 CPC must be diligently pursued, otherwise ex parte order continues to stand - Trial Court's mistaken description of passing a fresh `ex parte' order does not cure..........
Civil Procedure Code, 1908, Order 9, Rule 7 -- Ex parte order - Setting aside - Provisions relating to setting aside of an ex-parte order are to be construed liberally so as to advance cause of justice and afford an opportunity to parties to contest the matter on merits, rather than deciding the same ex-parte...........
Civil Procedure Code, 1908, Section 151, Order 9, Rule 7 -- Ex parte order - Setting aside - Petitioner was served with summons in the suit and he had made appearance through his counsel in 2016 - Thereafter, there is failure to file written statement and petitioner was set ex parte - Petitioner had an opportunity to file written statement after receiving summons in suit..........
Civil Procedure Code, 1908, Order 9, Rule 7 -- Ex parte order - Setting aside - Petitioner appeared on the very next date of passing ex parte order - Court was obligated to permit petitioner to join proceedings at that stage - Ex parte proceedings set aside...........
Civil Procedure Code, 1908, Order 9, Rule 7 -- Ex parte order - Setting aside - Application for setting aside ex parte order was filed on the very next day when ex parte order was passed - No delay on part of petitioner - Petitioner cannot be blamed for delay caused in disposal of suit - Merely because suit is pending for more than 10 years, petitioner cannot be put into..........
Civil Procedure Code, 1908, Section 15, Order 9, Rule 7 -- Ex parte order - Setting aside - Petitioner was served at the address mentioned in sale deed itself - Substituted service was not shown to be fraudulent - Both courts below have concurrently found no procedural irregularity sufficient to set aside ex parte order in retrospect particularly in light of subsequent..........
Civil Procedure Code, 1908, Section 15, Order 9, Rule 7 -- Ex parte order - Setting aside - Once an appellate Court sets aside a trial Court's judgment and remands the matter for re-consideration, all prior proceedings except those expressly preserved stand subsumed in remand - Procedural integrity of earlier interlocutory orders loses operative force unless challenged..........
Civil Procedure Code, 1908, Order 9, Rule 7 -- Application U.O.9.R.7 CPC - Not maintainable on the date when the case was fixed for delivering the judgment - In such cases, remedy is to wait for delivery of judgment and file application U.O.9.R.13 CPC...........
Civil Procedure Code, 1908, Order 9, Rule 7 -- Ex parte order - Setting aside - Service of summons - No sincere attempt was made to effect service of respondent by ordinary course or by sending summons by registered post - Mere service by publication in newspaper was not sufficient - Neither sufficient ground for ordering substituted service of respondent by publication in..........