https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=199840 A regular appeal against an ex parte decree remains maintainable where an Order IX Rule 13 CPC application was dismissed in default and there was no adjudication on proper service or the propriety of the ex parte proceedings. Earlier authorities were distinguished because they involved prior merits-based findings on service and the validity of the ex parte order. In the absence of such findings, the default dismissal of the application did not bar the defendants from pursuing the appeal, and the lower appellate court's reasoning was upheld. en-us Tue, 31 Jan 1984 00:00:00 +0530 Wed, 14 Mar 2018 10:53:51 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=199840 A regular appeal against an ex parte decree remains maintainable where an Order IX Rule 13 CPC application was dismissed in default and there was no adjudication on proper service or the propriety of the ex parte proceedings. Earlier authorities were distinguished because they involved prior merits-based findings on service and the validity of the ex parte order. In the absence of such findings, the default dismissal of the application did not bar the defendants from pursuing the appeal, and the lower appellate court's reasoning was upheld. Case-Laws Indian Laws Tue, 31 Jan 1984 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=199840