Content Provider | Supreme Court of India |
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e-ISSN | 30484839 |
Language | English |
Access Restriction | NDLI |
Subject Keyword | O.VIII r.1 Code of Civil Procedure O.VIII r.10 1908: O.V r.1 |
Content Type | Text |
Resource Type | Law Judgement |
Jurisdiction | India |
Case(s) Referred | Referred Case 0 |
Case Type | Appeal |
Court | Supreme Court of India |
Disposal Nature | Appeal Allowed |
Headnote | Code of Civil Procedure, 1908: O.V r.1, O.VIII r.1, O.VIII r.10 – Extension of time period for filing written statement in view of the orders passed and issued in the wake of COVID-19 pandemic – On 21.12.2020 plaintiff-respondent instituted a money suit against appellant-defendant – On 22.06.2021, trial court refused the prayer of the appellant for extension of time for filing written statement by virtue of O.VIII r.1 and held that appellant had forfeited its right to file written statement – Held: By virtue of s.16 of Commercial Courts Act, 2015, the Commercial Court is to follow the provisions of CPC as amended by the Act in the trial of a suit in respect to a Commercial dispute of a Specified Value – The amended provisions contained in O.V r.1, O.VIII r.1, O.VIII r.10 state that defendant is to file written statement within 30 days of service of summons – If he fails to do so, he may be allowed to file on other day by the Court, however, it cannot go beyond 120 days from the date of service of summons, otherwise right to file the written statement would be forfeited – In the instant case, the 120th day came to end on 06.05.2021, however, these provisions operate in normal and non-extraordinary circumstances with the usual functioning of courts – In view of COVID-19 Pandemic, this Court provided in Suo Moto Writ Petition that in computing the period of limitation in all proceedings, prescribed in general or special laws, whether condonable or not, the period from 15.03.2020 till 02.10.2021 shall stand excluded – Hence, applicability of orders passed by this court cannot be denied in relation to the period prescribed for filing of written statement – Therefore, the time limit for filing the written statement by the appellant in the subject suit did not come to end on 06.05.2021 – Written statement notarized by the appellant on 07.01.2021 is ordered to be taken on record – Commercial Courts Act, 2015. |
Judge | Hon'ble Mr. Justice Dinesh Maheshwari |
Neutral Citation | 2022 INSC 180 |
Petitioner | Prakash Corporates |
Respondent | Dee Vee Projects Limited |
SCR | [2022] 8 S.C.R. 889 |
Judgement Date | 2022-02-14 |
Case Number | 1318 |
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