KRISHNA RAO
Sk. Mansur Ali – Appellant
Versus
Kulnath Kapoor – Respondent
JUDGMENT :
Krishna Rao, J.
1. The defendants have filed the present application under Order IX, Rule 13 of the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 being G.A. No. 5 of 2024 praying for setting aside ex-parte the Judgment and Decree passed by this Court dated 24th March, 2023 in C.S. No. 220 of 2019.
2. Mr. Suman Dutt, Learned Senior Advocate representing the defendants submits that the defendants first time in the Month of March, 2024 received a copy of Execution Case No. 503 of 2023 wherein the defendants first time came to know that this Court has disposed of C.S. No. 220 of 2019 directing the defendants to pay sum of Rs. 53,20,416/-along with interest at the rate of 10% per annum from the date of receipt of final bill till the date of realization of the decretal amount.
3. Mr. Dutt submits that writ of summons was not served upon the defendants and the services of summons upon defendants were improper.
4. Mr. Dutt submits that the plaintiffs have filed the suit as non-commercial suit before the Ordinary Original Civil Jurisdiction of this Court but the alleged dispute between the parties arises out of a Work Order for construction of a building for setting out of a leather factory over a l
Canara Bank Vs. National Thermal Power Corporation reported in (2001) 1 SCC 43
Major (retd.) Inder Singh Rekhi Vs. Delhi Development Authority reported in (1988) 2 SCC 338.
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