https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=289188 Substituted service is valid only where the serving officer, after using all due and reasonable diligence, cannot find the defendant, and strict compliance with the prescribed mode of service is essential before an ex parte decree can be sustained. Service in person was not effected, the case did not involve service on an authorised agent, and the attempted affixture was invalid because the officer failed to make proper enquiry or real efforts to locate the defendant at his ordinary place of residence. Mere probability of knowledge of the suit could not cure defective formal service. The ex parte decree therefore could not stand, and the application to set it aside succeeded. en-us Thu, 25 Nov 1915 00:00:00 +0530 Sat, 18 Jul 2020 16:21:50 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=289188 Substituted service is valid only where the serving officer, after using all due and reasonable diligence, cannot find the defendant, and strict compliance with the prescribed mode of service is essential before an ex parte decree can be sustained. Service in person was not effected, the case did not involve service on an authorised agent, and the attempted affixture was invalid because the officer failed to make proper enquiry or real efforts to locate the defendant at his ordinary place of residence. Mere probability of knowledge of the suit could not cure defective formal service. The ex parte decree therefore could not stand, and the application to set it aside succeeded. Case-Laws Indian Laws Thu, 25 Nov 1915 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=289188