Interim Order 5

Order Details: COPY OF JUDICIAL PROCEEDINGS
Pdf Text: 17 CS (COMM.) 810/23
UCO BANK LTD Vs. M/S GAGAN ELECTRICALS AND ANR.
06.04.2026
Present: Sh.R. K. Mishra, Ld. Counsel for plaintiff.
None for defendant.
An application under Order V Rule 20 CPC for service of
summons/process to the defendant through substituted services has been
filed on behalf of the plaintiff bank. It is submitted despite best efforts,
defendant could not be served through ordinary modes of service and that
no other address of the defendant is available with the plaintiff bank.
Heard. Record perused.
The court is satisfied that defendant could not be served
through ordinary process. Let the defendant be served through substituted
mode of service by way of publication. The process be published in
newspapers i.e., in one English Daily,
“Statesman” and one vernacular
daily i.e.,
“Veer Arjun” having circulation in the area of the last known
address(es) of the defendant on filing of PF and publication charges. Dasti
allowed.
The process shall indicate that the Written Statement to the
Plaint shall be positively filed, within 30 days from the date of publication
of summons. Along with the Written Statement, the defendant shall also
file Statement of Truth and Affidavit of admission/denial of documents of
the plaintiff, without which, the Written Statement shall not be taken on
record. The publication shall be effected at least 30 days before the date
fixed.
Steps be taken within four weeks.
Put up on for report of the publication, appearance of
defendant and further proceedings on 27.07.2026.
( Devender Kumar Jangala )
District Judge (Commercial Court)-01
North-West, Rohini, Delhi.
06.04.2026
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