Civil Procedure Code, 1908, Order 9, Rule 13, Hindu Marriage Act, 1955, Section 13 -- Ex parte divorce decree against wife - Setting aside - Court never fixed case for filing written statement and no opportunity was granted to defendant to file written statement nor right to file written statement was closed by Court prior to case proceeded ex parte - Even if defendant or..........
Limitation Act, 1963, Section 5, Civil Procedure Code, 1908, Order 22, Rule 9, 3 -- Condonation of delay - Abatement of suit - Partition suit - Delay was occasioned due to petitioners being unaware of pendency of suit - Explanation offered by petitioners is plausible and ought to have been accepted by trial Court - In a suit for partition, it is in the interest of all..........
Civil Procedure Code, 1908, Order 23, Rule 1(3) -- Withdrawal of suit - Particulars in a suit as are required to be pleaded in terms of O.7.R.1 CPC, if are not correctly pleaded and for formal defect a suit may fail, then power is vested with Court to permit plaintiff to withdraw the suit...........
Civil Procedure Code, 1908, Order 6, Rule 17 -- Amendment of plaint - Proposed amendment only seek to elaborate pleadings and it neither enlarges scope of suit nor takes respondent by surprise - Amendments are explanatory and clarificatory in nature and merely supply material particulars which were otherwise implicit in original pleadings - Proposed amendment neither..........
Civil Procedure Code, 1908, Order 1, Rule 10 -- Impleadment of Power of Attorney holder as a party - Power of attorney holder can conduct proceedings but cannot be impleaded as a party or substitute plaintiff - He can appear only as a witness in his personal capacity and there are provisions under CPC for recording evidence on issuance of commission - Order impleading..........
Civil Procedure Code, 1908, Order 9, Rule 13 -- Ex parte decree - Setting aside - If ex-parte decree is passed on the basis of `refusal of notice' trial Court is duty bound to examine process server...........
Civil Procedure Code, 1908, Order 9, Rule 13 -- Ex parte decree - Setting aside - Proof of service of summons is essential condition for proceeding ex-parte against concerned defendant - It was incumbent on part of trial Court to examine Process Server and witnesses of refused notice/summon on oath...........
Civil Procedure Code, 1908, Order 5, Rule 17, 19 -- Service of summons - In order to accept service as valid service particularly, when report is to the effect that respondent refused to accept summons then, it become duty of Court to examine Process Serving Officer if his report is not on affidavit - Even if Process Serving Officer gives his report on affidavit,..........
Civil Procedure Code, 1908, Order 9, Rule 9, Limitation Act, 1963, Section 5 -- Restoration of suit - Dismissed in default - Condonation of delay - Eviction suit - Delay in question cannot be held to be fatal or prolonged - There was a slight delay, which has been satisfactorily explained by plaintiffs - Important questions of law and facts are involved in the suit and..........
Civil Procedure Code, 1908, Order 41, Rule 21 -- Re-hearing of appeal - Ex parte decree passed in second appeal - No document to show that applicants were aware about listing of case - Even Court had not issued any SPC to respondents in view of absence of their counsel - Applicants have shown sufficient cause that prevented them from appearing before Court in second appeal..........
