IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Date of Decision: 29.01.2026 Yograjsinh Laljibhai Yadav ....Petitioner Versus M/s Eco Emission Xchange Private Limited ...Respondent CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE VIKRAM AGGARWAL Present: Mr. Naresh Gopal Sharma, Advocate, for the petitioner.

VIKRAM AGGARWAL, J.

The instant petition, filed under Article 227 of the Constitution of India, assails the order dated 04.10.2024 (Annexure P.12), passed by the Commercial Court, Gurugram, vide which the application filed by the petitioner-defendant, under Order 8 Rule 1 CPC, for condoning the delay in filing the written statement, was dismissed and the defence was struck off.

2. The facts, as emanating from the revision petition, are that a suit for recovery of Rs.4,29,73,098/- was instituted by respondent-plaintiff against the petitioner-defendant (Annexure P.1), in the Commercial Court, Gurugram.

3. Pursuant to notice having been issued for 01.08.2022 vide order dated 01.07.2022, the petitioner-

defendant caused appearance on the said date. Since legible copies of the documents along with the plaint, had not been supplied to the petitioner-defendant, a request in this regard was made to the Co