Civil Procedure Code, 1908, Order 9, Rule 13 -- Ex parte decree - Setting aside - Sufficient cause - For setting aside an ex-parte decree, applicant must establish `sufficient cause' for non-appearance on the date of hearing - Expression `sufficient cause' cannot be stretched to accommodate sheer negligence or deliberate procrastination...........
Civil Procedure Code, 1908, Order 9, Rule 13 -- Ex parte decree - Setting aside - Sufficient cause - Negligence, inaction or casual attitude cannot be equated with sufficient cause...........
Civil Procedure Code, 1908, Order 9, Rule 13 -- Ex parte decree - Setting aside - Sufficient cause - Defendants were not serious to pursue their cause and rather they were totally negligent - On account of non-appearance on three consecutive dates, ex-parte proceedings were drawn against defendants - Even, suit was not finally decided immediately and even thereafter..........
Civil Procedure Code, 1908, Order 9, Rule 13 -- Suit for specific performance - Ex parte decree - Setting aside ex parte decree - Suit decreed ex parte without framing issues and application U.O.9.R.13 CPC filed within time rejected - Suit for specific performance cannot be decided without framing issues even when written statement is not filed - Ex parte decree set aside..........
Civil Procedure Code, 1908, Section 96, Order 9, Rule 13 -- Ex-parte decree - Setting aside - When an ex-parte decree is passed, defendant has two remedies: (i) Either to file an application U.O.9.R.13 CPC to set aside ex-parte decree by satisfying Court that summons was not served or if served, defendant was prevented by sufficient cause from appearing in Court when suit..........
Civil Procedure Code, 1908, Section 96, Order 9, Rule 13 -- Ex-parte decree - Appeal - Right to appeal u/s 96(2) CPC challenging original decree passed ex-parte, being a statutory right defendant cannot be deprived of statutory right merely on the ground that he did not file any application U.O.9.R.13 CPC...........
Civil Procedure Code, 1908, Order 9, Rule 13 -- Ex-parte decree - Setting aside - Service of summons - In the absence of verification of address of a party, through a witness, service of summon cannot be treated as complete...........
Civil Procedure Code, 1908, Order 9, Rule 13, Civil Procedure Code, 1908, Order 5, Rule 17 -- Ex-parte decree - Appeal - Petitioner was not served properly, hence, he could not appear before trial Court for submitting his case - Therefore, petitioner has made a prima facie case in his favour that he was not served with any kind of notice and so-called affixation of summons..........
Civil Procedure Code, 1908, Order 9, Rule 13, Civil Procedure Code, 1908, Order 5, Rule 20 -- Ex parte divorce decree - Setting aside - Substituted service - Notices issued to husband had been received back unserved - Wife did not bother to file either process fee or correct address and rather straightaway proceeded to move an application for substituted service U.O.5.R.20..........
Civil Procedure Code, 1908, Order 9, Rule 13 -- 2nd Proviso - For applicability of second proviso to O.9.R.13, two things are required - Firstly, mere irregularity in service is not sufficient and secondly, Court should be satisfied that defendant had notice of date of hearing and had sufficient time to appear and answer plaintiffs claim - If both conditions are satisfied..........
