Supreme Court of India

Aditya Khaitan & Ors. v. Il and Fs Financial Services Limited

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Reported as [2023] 12 S.C.R. 803
Bench J. K. Maheshwari and K. V. Viswanathan JJ.
Decided 3 October 2023

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What the Court ordered

For the reasons stated above, the Appeals are allo wed and the written statements fi led on 20.01.2021 are directed to be taken on record.

Judgment, page 12

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Issue for consideration: Whether the High Court was justifi ed in rejecting the application for extension of time dated 20.01.2021 and in not taking the written statements on record. Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 – Commercial Courts Act, 2015 – Order 8 Rule 1 – Being a Commercial Suit, the 30-day period for fi ling written statements expired on 08.03.2020 – On 06.06.2020, the further condonable period of 90 days also expired – No written statemen ts were fi led within the said timelines – Appellants fi led applications on 20.01.2021 for acceptance of written statements by extending tim e –

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