Supreme Court · 2018 INSC 67 · Decided 29 January 2018
M/S Neerja Realtors PVT LTD v. Janglu (Dead) THR. LR.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2018 INSC 67 · [2018] 1 S.C.R. 359
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 71/2018
- Decided
- 29 January 2018
- Bench
- DIPAK MISRA, D.Y. CHANDRACHUD, A.M. KHANWILKAR (3-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- CPC Section 96
Headnote
Code of Civil Procedure, 1908: Or. V, rr. 17 and 20 - Application for susbstituted service - Allowed - Subsequent to substitued service by publicatin, ex-parte decree - Appeal under s.96 CPC - Allowed by High Court - On appeal, held: In the present case there of Or. V, r.17 - Substituted service is an exception to the normal mode of service - Or. V, r. 20 requires the Court to be satisfied either that there is reason to believe that the defendant is keeping out of the way for the purpose of avoiding service or that for any other
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