https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=199472 Substituted service can be sustained only where the record shows that ordinary service cannot be effected or that the defendant is evading service; as the materials did not establish due service or justify resort to substituted service, the ex parte decree was liable to be set aside. The limitation objection under Order 9 Rule 13 must rest on a proved and reliable date of knowledge; since the alleged date of knowledge was not satisfactorily supported, the application was not time-barred. The revisional application was allowed, the orders below were set aside, and the suit was restored for further proceedings. en-us Tue, 23 Aug 1983 00:00:00 +0530 Thu, 01 Mar 2018 11:53:42 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=199472 Substituted service can be sustained only where the record shows that ordinary service cannot be effected or that the defendant is evading service; as the materials did not establish due service or justify resort to substituted service, the ex parte decree was liable to be set aside. The limitation objection under Order 9 Rule 13 must rest on a proved and reliable date of knowledge; since the alleged date of knowledge was not satisfactorily supported, the application was not time-barred. The revisional application was allowed, the orders below were set aside, and the suit was restored for further proceedings. Case-Laws Indian Laws Tue, 23 Aug 1983 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=199472