Bombay High Court Allows Defendant to File Written Statement Despite Delay, Setting Aside Trial Court's Rejection. Order 8 Rule 1 CPC is directory; jurisdictional challenge under Section 9-A does not bar subsequent filing of written statement; trial court's rejection without considering merits set aside.
22 Dec 2006The petitioner, Pramod Baliram Wavge, was the defendant in Regular Civil Suit No.17/2004 before the Civil Judge Junior Division, Patur. He appeared on...




