Interim Order 22

Order Details: COPY OF JUDICIAL PROCEEDINGS
Pdf Text: MPC 2/23
MANOJ KAPOOR Vs. STATE
10.07.2026
Present:- Sh. Puneet Kumar, Ld. Counsel for the applicant/petitioner.
Ld. Counsel for the applicant/petitioner has moved an application
u/o 5 Rule 20 CPC for substituted service in view of the fact that service through
ordinary mode could not be effected. Same is taken on record.
Perusal of the record shows that the service effected on the objector
(in Petition No. 102/2011) on his last known address which also happens to be
the address shown by him in the appeal filed by the said objector before the
Hon’ble Delhi High Court has been returned unserved. Further, the service
effected on him through his counsel before the Hon’ble High Court has been
returned unserved.
In view of the aforesaid facts and circumstances, this court is of the
view that objector could not be served through ordinary mode. Let objector i.e.
Sh. Pradeep Kapoor be served through publication in English Newspaper 'The
Statesman' and Hindi newspaper “Veer Arjun” both having circulation in the
concerned area where objector Sh. Pradeep Kapoor is known to have last
resided. Let a proclamation in terms of Order 5 Rule 20 CPC be issued on filing
of PF within seven days. The aforesaid application stands disposed off
accordingly.
At request, applicant/petitioner is permitted to get the publication
done himself on his own cost and expenses within four weeks. The process be
given dasti to Ld. Counsel for the petitioner along with copy of this order
Put up for further proceedings on 25.09.2026.
(Virender Negi)
District Judge-05,
Central, THC, Delhi
10.07.2026(sr)
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