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Nak Engineering Company Pvt. Ltd. v. Tarun Keshrichand Shah

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Reported as [2026] 1 S.C.R. 504
Bench Pankaj Mithal and Prasanna B. Varale JJ.
Decided 5 January 2026

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What the Court ordered

In view of the above discussion, we are of the opinion that the appeals lack merit and are dismissed but with the direction that the decree passed in the suit would not be used against the appellant and would not be implemented against it.

Judgment, page 13

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Issue for Consideration Under challenge in these appeals is the judgment and order of the High Court dated 21.02.2022 setting aside the order of the court of first instance permitting impleadment of the appellant as one of the defendants to the suit. Headnotes† Suit – Recovery of service charges – suit was instituted by respondent nos.1 and 2 against respondent no.3 for the recovery of service charges – Notice was served upon sole defendant i.e., respondent no.3 but no one appeared – The Court proceeded ex-parte – Thereafter, the appellant filed an application for being impleaded as the

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