Supreme Court of India

G.N.R. Babu @ S.N. Babu v. Dr. B.C. Muthappa & Ors.

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Reported as [2022] 11 S.C.R. 203
Bench Ajay Rastogi and Abhay S. Oka JJ.
Decided 6 September 2022

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Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 – ss.96, 105 & Or.IX, r. 13 – Ex-parte decree against defendant – Appeal u/s.96 – Scope o f adjudication – Ex-parte decree was passed against the appellant- defendant in the suit filed by first respondent – Plea of th e appellant that the High Court in appeal u/s.96 while confirming the decree on merits proceeded on the basis that the issue regarding the failure to serve the suit summons can be agitated only in an a pplication filed for setting aside ex-parte decree by invoking r.13 of Or.IX – Correctness of – Held: The appellant while challengi ng ex- parte

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