Bombay High Court Allows Petition in Commercial Suit Due to COVID-19 Pandemic — Delay in Filing Written Statement Condoned. The Court held that the pandemic constituted sufficient cause for extension of time under Order VIII Rule 1 CPC and Section 16 of the Commercial Courts Act, 2015, and the trial court's rejection was erroneous....
The petitioners, defendants in a commercial suit filed by Pyrotek India Private Limited, challenged the order of the learned District Judge (Commercial Division), Pune, dated 28/01/2021, which rejecte...




