JUDGMENT :

IA No. 3129/2020 & IA No. 2945/2020

1. The has filed the above captioned application (IA No. 2945/2020) seeking condonation of delay of eighty-six days in filing of the written statement by the applicant/defendant.

2. The plaintiff has also filed an application (IA No. 3129/2020) for removing the defendant’s written statement and documents filed along with it from the record, on the ground that the same has been filed beyond the period as stipulated under Chapter-VII of the Delhi High Court (Original Side) Rules, 2018 (hereafter ‘DHC Rules’)

3. Thus, the principal issue involved in these applications is common – whether the delay in filing of the written statement ought to be condoned.

4. At this stage, before proceeding further, it would be relevant to set out the context for addressing the controversy.

5. The plaintiff has instituted the above captioned suit seeking a decree of permanent injunction restraining the defendant from publishing/sending/circulating/pasting/propagating any kind of abusive, threatening, intimidating or defamatory content in any manner. The plaintiff also seeks a decree restraining the defendant from entering into his work place, court room and chamb