Civil Procedure Code, 1908, Order 9, Rule 13, Civil Procedure Code, 1908, Order 5, Rule 20 -- Ex parte decree - Setting aside - Non-compliance of O.5.R.20 CPC - Summons was published in weekly newspaper and not in a daily newspaper - There is thus clear violation of mandatory provision U.O.5.R.20(1-A) CPC with regard to substituted service - Ex parte decree set aside...........
Agreement to sell -- Suit for specific performance - Ex parte decree - Suit decided without framing issues - Suit for specific performance cannot be decided without framing issues even when written statement is not filed...........
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, 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..........
Hindu Marriage Act, 1955, Section 13, Civil Procedure Code, 1908, Order 9, Rule 13 -- Ex parte divorce decree - Setting aside - Wife suffered an ex parte divorce decree on 7.6.2016 and application to set aside ex parte decree has been numbered only on 11.1.2017 - Husband got remarried in the meantime after waiting for six months and begotten two children through second..........
Civil Procedure Code, 1908, Order 9, Rule 13, Limitation Act, 1963, Section 5 -- Setting aside ex parte decree and condonation of delay are different on the basis of facts and events - These proceedings must be adopted and pursued independently...........
Civil Procedure Code, 1908, Order 9, Rule 13, Limitation Act, 1963, Section 5 -- Ex parte decree set aside while condoning delay - However, there was no justification for setting aside ex parte decree - Order condoning delay affirmed whereas order setting aside ex parte decree set aside - Trial Court to decide application afresh...........
Civil Procedure Code, 1908, Order 7, Rule 11, Hindu Marriage Act, 1955, Section 9 -- Rejection of petition filed u/s 9 of Hindu Marriage Act - Ex parte divorce decree passed against wife - However, wife already filed an application to set aside said ex parte decree - Therefore, there is every possibility of restoration of divorce petition filed by husband for disposal on..........
Rent and Eviction -- Ex parte proceedings - Burden of proof of the party who approached the Court will not be hefty when his averments stand undisputed in an ex parte proceeding - Only a prima facie proof of relevant facts constituting the cause of action would suffice, and Court would grant him such relief as to which he may in law be found entitled...........
Rent and Eviction -- Ex parte proceedings - When opposite party is set ex parte, he is not forbidden to take part in the further proceedings of the case - It is open to him to join and participate in the proceedings at a later stage by accepting the events which had taken place in the interregnum as they stand...........
