Supreme Court of India
M/s Scg Contracts India Pvt. Ltd. v. K. S. Chamankar Infrastructure Pvt. Ltd. & Ors.
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What the Court ordered
We are of the view that this judgment cannot be read in the manner sought for by the learned counsel appearing on behalf of the respondents.
Judgment, page 8
From the headnote
Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 (As amended in the wake of the Commercial Courts, Commercial Division and Commercial Appellate Division of High Courts Act, 2015 coming into force on 23-10-2015): Or. VIII, r. 1, proviso and r. 10, proviso, Or. V, r. 1, sub rule (1), second proviso – Written statement – Procedure when party fails to present written statement called for by court – On facts, in a commercial suit, failure of defendant No.1 to file written statement within 120 days from the date of service of summons – Meanwhile, filing of application under Or.
Authorities it was built on
- 2005 Kailash v. Nanhku and Ors.
- 2012 Sangeet & Anr. v. State of Haryana
- 2004 Bhanu Kumar Jain v. Archana Kumar and Anr.
- 2005 Salem Advocate Bar Association, Tamil Nadu v. Union of India
- 2018 The State of Bihar & Ors. v. Bihar Rajya Bhumi Vikas Bank Samiti
- 2005 Shaikh Salim Haji Abdul Khayumsab v. Kumar and Ors.
- 2005 Commissioner of Central Excise, Belgaum v. M/s. Akay Cosmetics Pvt. Ltd.
- 1961 Manohar Lal Chopra v. Rai Bahadur Rao Raja Seth Hiralal
Where later benches applied it
- 2022 Prakash Corporates v. Dee Vee Projects Limited
- 2025 M/s Anvita Auto Tech Works Pvt. Ltd. v. M/s Aroush Motors & Anr.
- 2024 Child in Conflict with Law through His Mother v. The State of Karnataka and Another
- 2020 Assurance Co. Ltd. v. Hilli Multipurpose Cold Storage Pvt. Ltd.
Of those, 1 relied on · 3 referred to
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