Civil Procedure Code, 1908, Order 9, Rule 9, Limitation Act, 1963, Section 5 -- Restoration of suit - Condonation of delay - Delay of 1-1/2 years in filing application for restoration - However, delay in filing application is well explained even though application is not supported with an affidavit of law officer concerned - Moreover, property in question is worth crores..........
Civil Procedure Code, 1908, Order 9, Rule 13 -- Ex parte decree - Setting aside - Defendant was duly served and even filed written statement - He thus, cannot be allowed to plead that he was not aware of ex parte decree - Merely because defendant sold or had agreed to sell property in dispute to third party, who had asked defendant to take care of litigation, cannot be..........
Civil Procedure Code, 1908, Order 9, Rule 13 -- Ex parte decree - Setting aside - Limitation - Defendant was duly served and even filed written statement - Limitation for moving application for setting aside ex parte decree U.O.9.R.13 CPC thus, to commence from date of ex parte decree and not from the date of alleged knowledge...........
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, Section 151, Order 9, Rule 4 -- Restoration of suit - Notice to defendant - It is necessary for Court to issue notice to defendants when application is filed for restoration of suit and after hearing them to pass necessary orders on application for restoration petition...........
Civil Procedure Code, 1908, Order 9, Rule 13 -- Ex parte decree - Setting aside - Reasons for delay were well explained in application U.O.9.R.13 CPC and thereafter application u/s 5 of Limitation Act was also submitted for condonation of delay - Application U.O.9.R.13 CPC was not defective - Moreover, delay was hardly of six days and same was explained by petitioners - Ex..........
Civil Procedure Code, 1908, Order 26, Rule 9 -- Appointment of Local Commissioner - Any report regarding existing construction, assessment of loss to plaintiffs, estimated costs, estimated time and whether property is fit for habitation or not, would amount to collection of evidence in favour of a party, which would be injustice to other party...........
Civil Procedure Code, 1908, Order 26, Rule 9 -- Appointment of Local Commissioner - No right vested in favour of a party to get commission issued and rather same is an enabling provision that enables Court to appoint a Commissioner if it is of opinion that same is required in a case...........
Civil Procedure Code, 1908, Section 115, Order 26, Rule 9 -- Revision - Order dismissing application U.O.26.R.9 CPC - Revision against an order dismissing application for appointment of Local Commissioner is not maintainable...........