https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=199471 Substituted service under Order 5 Rule 20 CPC is available only when the court records satisfaction, on reasons and materials, that the respondent is evading service or cannot be served in the ordinary way. A litigant cannot demand substituted service as of right merely by filing an application. On the stated facts, the applicant had not complied with the appellate court's directions for service and sought to proceed according to personal convenience, which was treated as a misuse of judicial process. The writ petition was therefore characterised as an abuse of the process of the Court, and the request for substituted service was held not entertainable as a matter of right. en-us Thu, 08 Jul 2004 00:00:00 +0530 Thu, 01 Mar 2018 11:48:38 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=199471 Substituted service under Order 5 Rule 20 CPC is available only when the court records satisfaction, on reasons and materials, that the respondent is evading service or cannot be served in the ordinary way. A litigant cannot demand substituted service as of right merely by filing an application. On the stated facts, the applicant had not complied with the appellate court's directions for service and sought to proceed according to personal convenience, which was treated as a misuse of judicial process. The writ petition was therefore characterised as an abuse of the process of the Court, and the request for substituted service was held not entertainable as a matter of right. Case-Laws Indian Laws Thu, 08 Jul 2004 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=199471