সতর্কীকরণ! কেস রেফারেন্স ওয়েবসাইটে প্রকাশিত অধিকাংশ নজীর বিভিন্ন বই ও ওয়েবসাইট থেকে সংগ্রহ করা হয়েছে। এই সকল নজীর এর সঠিকতার বিষয়ে কেস রেফারেন্স ওয়েবসাইট কোন নিশ্চয়তা প্রদান করে না। কেস রেফারেন্স ওয়েবসাইটে প্রকাশিত নজীর এর উপর নির্ভর এর আগে সংশ্লিষ্ট নজীরটির রেফারেন্স মিলিয়ে নেওয়ার অনুরোধ করা হচ্ছে।
Time Limit for Filing Written Statement
In Salem Advocate Bar association v/s Union of India AIR 2005 SC 3353, the Apex court has held that the court can grant an extension after the expiry of the 90-days period under Order VIII Rule 10 but it should not grant such an extension so frequently. Therefore,the time limit to file a written statement under Order VIII Rule 1 is a directory and mandatory.
In Atcom Technologies Ltd. v/s Y.A Chunawala and co. (2018) 6 SCC 639, the Hon'ble Apex court reiterated that the court can grant an extension for filing written statements after the expiry of 90 days in exceptional cases. The defendant shall provide very strong valid reasons to the court for requesting the extension of the 90-day period.
In Desh Raj v. Balkishan, 2020 SCC Online SC 49 the Hon'ble supreme court reiterated the dictum laid down in the case of Atcom tech Ltd. v/s Y.A Chunawala 2018, for filing of the written statement in non-commercial suits. The Supreme Court again emphasized the exceptional circumstances of a case as a valid reason for granting permission for filing a written statement after the expiry of 90 days.
In Kailash v.Nankhu & Ors, (2005) 4 SCC 480 the division bench of Justice Hemant Gupta and V. Ramasubramanian on May 09,2022 passed an order observing that the suit filed by the Plaintiff is not the one that is regulated by the Commercial Court Act 2015 and therefore the time period for filing the Written Statement under Order VIII Rule 1, CPC is not mandatory.
In case of Kailash v. Nankhus, (2005) 4 SCC 480 it was held by the Hon'ble Court that the object behind the time period for filing the written statement under Order VIII, Rule 1 of CPC is to make the procedure and hearing of the matter in a time efficient manner and not to absolutely dismiss it.That is, though the language of the proviso to the respective provision depicts the negative connotation, it does not provides any penal punishment for its non-compliance. The nature of the provision is directory and not mandatory.Thus, the power of the court to provide an extension to the scheduled time for filing the statement is not completely taken away.
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