Supreme Court of India

Salil Dutta v. T.M. and M.C. Private Ltd.

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Reported as [1993] 1 S.C.R. 794
Bench K. Jayachandra Reddy J.
Decided 5 February 1993

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COde of Civil Procedure, 1908: Order 9, Rule 13-Setting aside ex-parte decree against defen­ dant-Cause for non-appean;nce-lmproper advice of advocate-Whether a sufficient cause-Held: Cannot as a rule be accepted-f'arty cannot disown its advocate and seek relief. The suit filed by tbe appellant for ejecting the respondent-private limited company, from the suit premises, was decreed ex-psrte by tbe trial ~ court since neither the advocate nor the respondent-tenant, appeared .,. when tbe case came up for final-hearing. Thereafter, tbe respondent-com· pany filed an application to set aside tbe

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