Supreme Court of India

Zolba v. Keshao and Ors.

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Reported as [2008] 5 S.C.R. 963
Bench Tarun Chatterjee and H.S. Bedi JJ.
Decided 1 April 2008

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What the Court ordered

We hold that the High Court as well as the trial court had erred in rejecting the application for condoning the delay in filing the written statement.

Judgment, page 6

From the headnote

Code of Civil Procedure, 1908: Or. 8, r. 1 - Filing of written statement after expiry of c statutory period - HELD: It would be open to the court to permit defendant to file written statement if exceptional circumstances have been made out - Unless compelled by express and specific language of statute, provisions of Order 8 Rule 1 or any procedural enactment should not be construed in a manner -; which would leave the court helpless to meet extraordinary )< situations in the ends of justice - In the instant case, facts stated would constitute sufficient cause for condoning delay in filing

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