Supreme Court of India

Bogidhola Tea and Trading Co. Ltd. and Anr. v. Hira Lal Somani

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Reported as [2007] 12 S.C.R. 1153
Bench S.B. Sinha and G.S. Singhvi JJ.
Decided 7 December 2007

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1 Supreme Court bench has cited this judgment.

What the Court ordered

We are of the opinion that interest of justice would be subserved if we set aside the ex-parte decree dated 19.4.1990.

Judgment, page 7

From the headnote

Code of Civil Procedure, I 908-0. 8 r. I 0-Jnvoking of-Suit­ Non-appearance of defendant despite service of summons-Prayer for decree under 0.8 r. I 0-Plaintiff declined to examine any witness-Ex- parte decree-Application for setting aside ex-pa rte decree on the ground that suit was barred by limitation-Dismissed by Courts below-Correctness of-Held: Not correct-It was duty of Court to consider if suit was barred by limitation even when no such defence raised-Jn case suit barred by limitation, Court had no jurisdiction to pass decree-Even otherwise, plaintiff was bound to prove his case­

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