https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=303433 The Supreme Court explained that COVID-19 limitation orders under Article 142 extended the period for filing a written statement in a commercial suit, so the defendant's right did not lapse on expiry of the ordinary 120-day period. It also noted that curtailed trial-court functioning during the pandemic, together with a pending Section 10 CPC application, justified taking the written statement on record. The Court treated procedural rigour as subordinate to the pandemic-related exclusion of time and to fairness in extraordinary circumstances, and directed that the written statement be accepted and the suit proceed according to law. en-us Mon, 14 Feb 2022 00:00:00 +0530 Fri, 22 Jul 2022 09:15:35 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=303433 The Supreme Court explained that COVID-19 limitation orders under Article 142 extended the period for filing a written statement in a commercial suit, so the defendant's right did not lapse on expiry of the ordinary 120-day period. It also noted that curtailed trial-court functioning during the pandemic, together with a pending Section 10 CPC application, justified taking the written statement on record. The Court treated procedural rigour as subordinate to the pandemic-related exclusion of time and to fairness in extraordinary circumstances, and directed that the written statement be accepted and the suit proceed according to law. Case-Laws Indian Laws Mon, 14 Feb 2022 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=303433