Supreme Court · 2020 INSC 59 · Decided 20 January 2020
Desh Raj v. Balkishan (D) Through Proposed LR MS. Rohini
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2020 INSC 59 · [2020] 5 S.C.R. 14
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 433/2020
- Decided
- 20 January 2020
- Bench
- S.A. BOBDE, BHUSHAN RAMKRISHNA GAVAI, SURYA KANT (3-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Disposed off
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- CPC
Headnote
Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 - Or. VIII, r. 1 - Timeline for filing written statement in non-commercial disputes - Agreement to sell entered on 17.03.2017 between the appellant and the respondent, who are brothers, for sale of one floor of 7.5 lakhs - Rs.1 lakh paid as earnest money to the appellant - Agreement not honoured - Respondent filed suit inter alia for specific performance - Appellant's opportunity of filing written statement was closed and defence struck off owing to repeated delays and
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