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Order 7 · 21 Jan 2025 · CNR DLCT030011282024
Order Details: COPY OF JUDICIAL PROCEEDINGS Pdf Text: 27 CS SCJ 352/24 YOG RAJ KARWASRA Vs. MADHU AND ORS 21.01.2025 File received by way of transfer as per order bearing no. 61598-618/F.3(4) CJ/Gaz./2024 dated 29.10.2024 of Ld. Principal District & Sessions Judge (HQ), THC, Delhi. Present: Sh. S.G Asthana, Ld. Counsel for plaintiff alongwith plaintiff. Ms. Manju Jain, Ld. Counsel for all the defendants. WS of all the defendants alongwith reply to the application u/o 39 Rule 1 & 2 r/w Section 151 CP C and application for condonation of delay u/o 8 Rule 1 r/w Section 151 CPC has been filed. Copy already supplied to the plaintiff. It is submitted by counsel for plaintiff that WS of the defendants have been filed after the delay of 53 days. Counsel for defendant submitted that due to medical condition of defendant no. 1 and 4, WS could not be filed within stipulated time period. Medical documents perused. Heard. Perused. It is no gainsay that procedure is the handmaid of justice and procedural delays should not be allowed to subvert the very cause of justice. Every effort be made to hear the parties on merits. Moreover, the grievance of plaintiff regarding delay can be duly compensated by way of cost. Hence, the application seeking condonation of delay is hereby allowed and WS is taken on record, subject to cost of Rs. 1,000/- each to be paid to plaintiff on NDOH. Contd/-... -- 1 of 2 -- -2- Replication, if any, be filed on behalf of the plaintiff with advance copy to the opposite side. Put up for further proceedings/ consideration on the application u/o 39 Rule 1 & 2 CPC on 01.04.2025. [Arvind Dev] Civil Judge-09, C/THC/Delhi 21.01.2025 -- 2 of 2 --