* IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI
Reserved on: 12.05.2014
Date of Decision: 07.08.2014
+ CM (M) No.1027 of 2013 & CM No.15394 of 2013
VIVEKANANDA KENDRA INTERNATIONAL & ANR...... Petitioners Through: Mr. Alok Tiwari & Ms. Pragya, Advs.
versus
N.P. SURI ..... Respondent Through: Mr. Dev Rishi & Mr. Namit Suri, Advs.
CORAM:
HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE NAJMI WAZIRI
NAJMI WAZIRI, J.
1. This petition impugns and order dated 18.7.2013 whereby the Trial Court had struck off the defence of the defendants/petitioners because the Written Statement had not been filed. The case of the petitioners is that notice in the suit was received by petitioner Nos.1 & 2 on 26th & 28th March, 2013, respectively. The Written Statement was required to be filed by 16.5.2013. However, it could not be filed since the authorisation for the same was to be obtained from the Head Office which is located in Kanyakumari. Furthermore the suit related to an old contract which had been closed more than three (3) years ago and the representatives who were handling the transaction had resigned in the intervening period, thus, leading to some difficulty in obtaining relevant documents pertaining to the case. The time for filing the Written Statement was extended till 18.7.2013, however, in
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