Supreme Court of India

Sambhaji & Ors. v. Gangabai & Ors.

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Reported as [2008] 16 S.C.R. 469
Decided 20 November 2008

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Code of Civil Procedure, 1908: 0.8 r.1, proviso - Written statement- Filing of, after the extended period of 90 days - Permissibility - Held: Order 8- r. 1 does not specifically take away power of court to accept written statement beyond the time provided for - Nature of the provision contained therein is procedural, hence should not ordinarily be construed as mandatory - Merely, because a provision of law is couched in a negative language implying -1 mandatory character, the same is not without exceptions - On facts, grounds indicated by the defendants for seeking acceptance of the written

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