NDLI: M/s Scg Contracts India Pvt. Ltd. Vs. K. S. Chamankar Infrastructure Pvt. Ltd. & Ors.

Content Provider	Supreme Court of India
e-ISSN	30484839
Language	English
Access Restriction	NDLI
Subject Keyword	120 days written statement Or. VIII Commercial courts act CPC r. 1 mandatory
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Law Judgement
Jurisdiction	India
Act(s) Referred	Commercial Courts Act, 2015 (4 of 2016) Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 (5 of 1908)
Case(s) Referred	Referred Case 0 Referred Case 1 Referred Case 2 Referred Case 3 Referred Case 4 Referred Case 5 Referred Case 6 Referred Case 7
Case Type	Appeal
Court	Supreme Court of India
Disposal Nature	Appeal Allowed
Headnote	Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 (As amended in the wake of the Commercial Courts, Commercial Division and Commercial Appellate Division of High Courts Act, 2015 coming into force on 23-10-2015):Or. VIII, r. 1, proviso and r. 10, proviso, Or. V, r. 1, sub rule(1), second proviso – Written statement – Procedure when party fails to present written statement called for by court – On facts, in a commercial suit, failure of defendant No.1 to file written statement within 120 days from the date of service of summons – Meanwhile,filing of application under Or. VII, r. 11 – Rejected by order dated 05.12.2017 – Thereafter, defendant no. 1 sought time for filing the written statement – Extension of time till 15.12.2017, subject to defendant paying cost – Pursuant thereto, written statement filed on 15.12.2017 – Thereafter, belated application filed averring that in view of the amendments in CPC, written statement could not betaken on record since 120 days had elapsed from the date of service of summons of the suit – High Court allowed the written statement to be taken on record even though order dated 05.12.2017 had become final and provisions of law were amended – On appeal,held: Proviso in Or. VIII r. 10 states that the Court has no further power to extend the time beyond the period of 120 days – Beyond 120 days from the date of service of summons, the defendant shall forfeit the right to file the written statement and the Court shall not allow the written statement to be taken on record – All this points to the fact that the earlier law on the filing of written statement under Or. VIII, r. 1 has now been set at naught – Clear, definite and mandatory provisions of Or. V r/w Or. VIII, r. 1 and 10 cannot be circumvented by recourse to the inherent power u/s. 151 – Thus, the 05.12.2017 order cannot be sustained – Second order dated 24.09.2018 is also set aside – Even assuming that the 05.12.2017 order is final, res judicata cannot stand in the way of an erroneous interpretation of a statutory prohibition – Thus, the written statement of defendant no. 1 to be taken off the record – Res judicata.
Judge	Hon'ble Mr. Justice R.F. Nariman
Neutral Citation	2019 INSC 187
Petitioner	M/s Scg Contracts India Pvt. Ltd.
Respondent	K. S. Chamankar Infrastructure Pvt. Ltd. & Ors.
SCR	[2019] 3 S.C.R. 1050
Judgement Date	2019-02-12
Case Number	1638

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