Interim Order 3

Order Details: COPY OF JUDICIAL PROCEEDINGS
Pdf Text: Civ Suit 657/25
Pawan Kumar Maheshwari Vs. Daulat Ram Dixit
19.01.2026
Present: Mr. Manoj Kumar, Ld. Counsel for the plaintiff.
Mr. Kunal Khanna, Ld. Counsel for defendant.
1. Fresh Vakalatnama filed on behalf of defendant.
The same is taken on record.
2. WS alongwith an application under Order VIII Rule 1
CPC filed by the defendant. Copy supplied to other side.
3. Reply filed by the plaintiff to the application of
defendant under Order VIII Rule 1 CPC.
4. The application has been taken up for consideration
and disposal.
5. Ld. Counsel for defendant submits that there is a
delay of 14 days in filing the WS. He submits that the delay
occurred as the defendant was hospitalized and taking
treatment from the doctors for paralysis. He further submits
that the medical documents have been filed on record. He
further contends that the delay is neither intentional nor
deliberate and was completely beyond the control of the
defendant.
6. Ld. Counsel for plaintiff submits that the application
does not disclose a clear cause for seeking condonation of
delay.
7. I have heard the submissions and perused the record.
The defendant has specified a sufficient cause for the
delay and has furnished the medical documents qua the
treatment. Accordingly, the delay in filing the WS is
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condoned and the application stands disposed of. The WS
is taken on record.
8. Ld. Counsel for the plaintiff seeks time for filing
replication.
9. Replication (if any) be filed with an advance copy to
other side.
10. At this stage, a notice under Order XII Rule 8 CPC has
been served upon the plaintiff by the counsel for defendant.
A copy of the same has been filed on record.
11. At joint request of the parties, the matter is referred to
Mediation Centre, KKD Courts, Delhi. The parties shall
appear before the Mediation Centre, on 24.01.2026 at
02:00 p.m. The case shall be taken up in this Court for
settlement (if any)/framing of issues, on 25.03.2026.
(AYUSH SHARMA)
CIVIL JUDGE/EAST
KKD COURTS/19.01.2026
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