Civil Procedure Code, 1908, Section 151, Order 8, Rule 1 -- Written statement - Not filed within time - Denying a party opportunity to place their defence on record risks compromising the very foundation of a fair adjudication and may result in erroneous or one-sided findings - Moreover, such delay could have been addressed through imposition of appropriate costs -..........
Civil Procedure Code, 1908, Order 8, Rule 1 -- Written statement - Not filed within time - Striking off defence - Suit for recovery - Injustice would be occasioned to defendant if he is not granted one opportunity to file his written statement - One opportunity is thus, granted to defendant to file written statement subject to payment of costs of Rs.10,000/-...........
Civil Procedure Code, 1908, Order 8, Rule 6A -- Counter claim - Barred by limitation - Counter claim has been filed for cause of action arose much before filing of suit but knowledge of defendant accrues from plaint itself - Trial Court accepted written statement but on account of deficient Court fees permitted defendant to pay deficit Court fees and allowed prayer of..........
Civil Procedure Code, 1908, Order 8, Rule 1 -- Written statement - Not filed within time - Extension of time - No restriction in O.8.R.1 CPC that after expiry of 90 days, further time cannot be granted - Court is having wide power to extend period of filing written statement, however, order cannot be made in a routine manner...........
Civil Procedure Code, 1908, Order 8, Rule 1 -- Written statement - Not filed within time - Reason given for not filing written statement in time is that lawyer was not well - However, no supporting documents have been brought before Court - More so, earlier applications filed to accept written statements were dismissed and court below rightly held that application is..........
Civil Procedure Code, 1908, Order 8, Rule 6A -- Counter claim - Defendant can raise counter claim against plaintiff either before or after filing suit, but before defendant has delivered his defence - Phrase "delivering defence" refers to presentation of written statement...........
Civil Procedure Code, 1908, Order 8, Rule 6A -- Counter claim - Counter-claim was filed more than a year after written statement - Delay in filing counter-claim was unexplained and unreasonable and trial Court rightly found that allowing it at this stage would prejudice plaintiff and prolong the proceedings - Moreover, record shows that defendants did not seek leave in..........
Civil Procedure Code, 1908, Section 151, Order 8, Rule 1A -- Late production of documents - Document sought is not a new document without there being any pleading with regard to the same in written statement - There is factual foundation for document sought to be received and a photocopy of said document was also filed along with written statement - Proposed document is..........
Civil Procedure Code, 1908, Order 8, Rule 5 -- Written statement - Specific denial - In the absence of any specific denial in the written statement, contents of plaint would be deemed to be admitted...........
Civil Procedure Code, 1908, Section 151, Order 8, Rule 1A, 4 -- Late production of documents - Documents sought to be produced contrary to pleadings - Documents sought to be filed not filed alongwith written statement and failure to satisfactorily account for not pleading them or filing them as required under law - Allowing said documents on record would certainly cause..........
