{"id":148663,"date":"2008-12-02T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2008-12-01T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/mohammed-yusuf-vs-faij-mohammad-ors-on-2-december-2008"},"modified":"2017-05-24T10:46:34","modified_gmt":"2017-05-24T05:16:34","slug":"mohammed-yusuf-vs-faij-mohammad-ors-on-2-december-2008","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/mohammed-yusuf-vs-faij-mohammad-ors-on-2-december-2008","title":{"rendered":"Mohammed Yusuf vs Faij Mohammad & Ors on 2 December, 2008"},"content":{"rendered":"
Supreme Court of India<\/div>\n
Mohammed Yusuf vs Faij Mohammad & Ors on 2 December, 2008<\/div>\n
Author: ………………….J.<\/div>\n
Bench: S.B. Sinha, Cyriac Joseph<\/div>\n
                                                                   REPORTABLE\n\n         IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA\n                   CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION\n\n                         CIVIL APPEAL NO. 7209 OF 2008\n                        (Arising out of S.L.P. (C) No.3311\/2008)\n\n                Mohammed Yusuf         ...Appellant\n\n                                        Versus\n\n                Faij Mohammad & Ors.     ...Respondents\n\n\n                                     O R D E R\n<\/pre>\n
          Leave granted.\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
1.        This appeal is directed against a judgment and order dated 20.9.1997<\/p>\n
passed by a learned Single Judge of the High Court of Judicature at Allahabad<\/p>\n
allowing the writ petition filed by the respondents herein questioning the validity of<\/p>\n
an order dated 29.8.2007 passed by the learned Additional District Judge, Mathura in<\/p>\n
Civil Revision No. 322\/2005 affirming the order dated 24.10.2005 passed by the<\/p>\n
learned Civil Judge whereby and whereunder while rejecting the application filed by<\/p>\n
the appellant herein under Order 8 Rule 10 of the Code of Civil Procedure, a date was<\/p>\n
fixed for recording the evidence of the plaintiffs and the application filed by the<\/p>\n
respondents herein praying for condoning the delay in filing the written statement<\/p>\n
was rejected.\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
2.        The basic fact of the matter is not in dispute.\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
3.        Appellant herein filed a suit for a decree for permanent injunction in the<\/p>\n
year 2002. A separate application<\/p>\n
                                          -1-<\/span><\/p>\n
for grant of temporary injunction was also filed. Summons upon the defendants were
\nserved on 6.7.2002. The defendants appeared through their learned advocate on<\/p>\n
19.7.2002.\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
4.           Appellant filed an application for grant of temporary injunction which was<\/p>\n
rejected on 28.1.2004. An appeal was preferred thereagainst which was disposed of by<\/p>\n
an order dated 14.5.2004. It is neither in doubt nor in dispute that the defendants-<\/p>\n
respondents filed     applications for extension of time for filing written statement<\/p>\n
number of times. The matter was also adjourned on one ground or the other.<\/p>\n
5.           On or about 31.1.2005, the appellant also filed an application before the<\/p>\n
learned trial Judge for pronouncing judgment in terms of Order 8 Rule 10 of the<\/p>\n
Code of Civil Procedure, inter alia, on the premise that the defendants-respondents<\/p>\n
did not file any written statement. It is on the same date the defendants filed an<\/p>\n
application for filing written statement. No application for condonation of delay in<\/p>\n
filing the written statement was, however, filed.\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
6.           However, on 23.9.2005, as indicated hereinbefore by reason of an order<\/p>\n
dated 24.10.2005, while rejecting the said application of the respondent, the trial<\/p>\n
Judge allowed the plaintiff to examine his own witnesses in support of his case.<\/p>\n
                                           -2-<\/span><\/p>\n
7.           A Revision Petition was filed by the respondents which by reason of an<\/p>\n
order dated 29.8.2007 was dismissed by the learned District Judge.<\/p>\n
8.           Being aggrieved by and dissatisfied with the said order, the respondents<\/p>\n
filed a Writ Petition which was marked as CMWP No. 45197\/2007 before the High
\nCourt. By reason of the impugned judgment, the High Court has allowed the said<\/p>\n
Writ Petition, directing:\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
          ” Considering the facts and circumstances of the case, this Court is of the
\nopinion that the petitioner should be permitted to contest the suit on merit.<\/p>\n
           In view of the aforesaid, the order of the trial court refusing to keep the
\nwritten statement on record is set aside. The written statement shall be kept on the
\nrecord and the defendant-petitioner shall be permitted to contest the matter on merit
\nsubject to payment of cost of Rs.10,000\/-, which shall be deposited by the defendant-
\npetitioner in favour of the plaintiff by means of a bank draft within two weeks. The
\namount so deposited can be withdrawn by the plaintiff. The writ petition is allowed.”<\/p>\n
9.         Mr. R.S. Hegde, learned counsel appearing on behalf of the appellant<\/p>\n
would submit that keeping in view the fact that the summons upon the defendants<\/p>\n
were served on 6.7.2002 and no step having been taken to file written statement for a<\/p>\n
period of three years and only on 31.5.2005, an application for filing written<\/p>\n
statement having been filed, the High Court committed a serious error in passing the<\/p>\n
impugned judgment.\n<\/p>\n
10.   Learned counsel appearing on behalf of the respondents, on the other hand,<\/p>\n
would contend that from a<\/p>\n
                                         -3-<\/span><\/p>\n
perusal of the order-sheet before the trial Court, it would appear that dates after<\/p>\n
dates were fixed for filing written statement and, furthermore, having regard to the<\/p>\n
fact that the appellant himself preferred an appeal before the learned District Judge<\/p>\n
against an order rejecting his application for grant of temporary injunction, the<\/p>\n
written statement could not be filed.\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
11.        It is urged that the provisions of Order 8 Rule 1 of the Code of Civil<\/p>\n
Procedure having been held to be directory in nature by this Court in Kailash Vs.<\/p>\n
Nanhku and Ors. – (2005) 4 SCC 480, this Court may not exercise its discretionary
\njurisdiction under Article 136 of the Constitution of India.<\/p>\n
12.        Order 8 Rule 1 of the Code of Civil Procedure reads thus:<\/p>\n
                    ” [1. Written statement:- The defendant shall, within thirty days
\nfrom the date of service of summons on him, present a written statement of his
\ndefence:\n<\/p>\n
                       Provided that where the defendant fails to file the written
\nstatement within the said period of thirty days, he shall be allowed to file the same on
\nsuch other day, as may be specified by the Court, for reasons to be recorded in
\nwriting, but which shall not be later than ninety days from the date of service of
\nsummons.]<\/p>\n
13.        Although in view of the terminologies used therein the period of 90 days<\/p>\n
prescribed for filing written statement appears to be a mandatory provision, this<\/p>\n
Court in Kailash(supra) upon taking into consideration the fact that in a given case<\/p>\n
the defendants may face extreme hardship in<\/p>\n
                                           -4-<\/span><\/p>\n
not being able to defend the suit only because he had not filed written statement<\/p>\n
within a period of 90 days, opined that the said provision was directory in nature.<\/p>\n
However, while so holding this Court in no uncertain terms stated that defendants<\/p>\n
may be permitted to file written statement after expiry of period of 90 days only on<\/p>\n
exceptional situation. The question came up for consideration before this Court in M.<\/p>\n
Srinivasa Prasad & Ors. Vs. The Comptroller & Auditor General of India & Ors. –<\/p>\n
2007 (5) SCALE 171, wherein a Division Bench of this Court upon noticing Kailash<\/p>\n
(supra) held as under:\n<\/p>\n
           ” 7. Since neither the trial Court nor the High Court have indicated any
\nreason to justify the acceptance of the written statement after the expiry of time fixed,
\nwe set aside the orders of the trial Court and that of the High Court. The matter is
\nremitted to the trial Court to consider the matter afresh in the light of what has been
\nstated in Kailash’s case(supra). The appeal is allowed to the aforesaid extent with no
\norder as to costs.”\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
14.        The matter was yet again considered by a three-judge Bench of this Court<\/p>\n
in R.N.Jadi & Brothers and Ors. Vs. Subhashchandra – (2007) 6 SCC 420. P.K.
\nBalasubramanyan J., who was also a member in Kailash(supra) in his concurring<\/p>\n
judgment stated the law thus:\n<\/p>\n
           ” 14. It is true that procedure is the handmaid of justice. The court must
\nalways be anxious to do justice and to prevent victories by way of technical
\nknockouts. But how far that concept can be stretched in the context of the
\namendments brought to the Code and in the light of the mischief that was sought to
\nbe averted is a question that has to be seriously considered. I am conscious that I was
\na party to the decision in Kailash Vs. Nanhku which held that the provision was
\ndirectory and not mandatory. But there could be situations where even a procedural
\nprovisional could be construed as mandatory, no doubt retaining a power in the
\nCourt, in an appropriate case, to exercise a jurisdiction to
\n                                           -5-<\/span><\/p>\n
take out the rigour of that provision or to mitigate genuine hardship. It was in that
\ncontest that in Kailash Vs. Nanhku it was stated that the extension of time beyond 90
\ndays was not automatic and that the court, for reasons to be recorded, had to be
\nsatisfied that there was sufficient justification for departing from the time-limit fixed
\nby the Code and the power inhering in the court in terms of Section 148 of the Code.
\nKailash is no authority for receiving written statement, after the expiry of the period
\npermitted by law, in a routine manner.\n<\/p>\n
            15. A dispensation that makes Order 8 Rule 1 directory, leaving it to the
\ncourts to extend the time indiscriminately would tend to defeat the object sought to be
\nachieved by the amendments to the Code. It is, therefore, necessary to emphasise that
\nthe grant of extension of time beyond 30 days is not automatic, that it should be
\nexercised with caution and for adequate reasons and that an extension of time beyond
\n90 days of the service of summons must be granted only based on a clear satisfaction
\nof the justification for granting such extension, the court being conscious of the fact
\nthat even the power of the court for extension inhering in Section 148 of the Code, has
\nalso been restricted by the legislature. It would be proper to encourage the belief in
\nlitigants that the imperative of Order 8 Rule 1 must be adhered to and that only in
\nrare and exceptional case, will the breach thereof will be condoned. Such an approach
\nby courts alone can carry forward the legislative intent of avoiding delays or at least
\nin curtailing the delays in the disposal of suits filed in courts. The lament of Lord
\nDenning in Allen Vs. Sir Alfred McAlpine & Sons that law’s delay have been
\nintolerable and last so long as to turn justice sour, is true of our legal system as well.
\nShould that state of affairs continue for all times?”\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
15.        In view of the authoritative pronouncements of this Court, we are of the<\/p>\n
opinion that the High Court should not have allowed the writ petition filed by the<\/p>\n
respondent, particularly, when both the learned trial judge as also the Revisional<\/p>\n
Court had assigned sufficient and cogent reasons in support of their orders.<\/p>\n
16.        As indicated hereinbefore, the High Court allowed the writ petition and<\/p>\n
thereby set aside the orders passed by the
\n                                            -6-<\/span><\/p>\n
trial Court as also the Revisional Court without assigning any reason therefor. The<\/p>\n
jurisdiction of the High Court under Article 226 and 227 of the Constitution of India<\/p>\n
is limited. It could have set aside the orders passed by the learned trial Court and the<\/p>\n
Revisional Court only on limited ground, namely, illegality, irrationality and<\/p>\n
procedural impropriety. The High Court did not arrive at a finding that there had<\/p>\n
been a substantial failure of justice or the orders passed by the trial Court as also by<\/p>\n
the Revisional Court contained error apparent on the face of the record warranting<\/p>\n
interference by a superior Court in exercise of its supervisory jurisdiction under<\/p>\n
Article 227 of the Constitution of India.\n<\/p>\n
17.        For the reasons stated above, the impugned judgment of the High Court<\/p>\n
cannot be sustained. It is set aside accordingly. The appeal is allowed. In the facts and<\/p>\n
circumstances of this case, there shall be no order as to costs.<\/p>\n
18.        In this view of the matter the respondents would be entitled to withdraw<\/p>\n
the sum of Rs.10,000\/- deposited by them as costs.\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
                                                                                  ………………….J.\n<\/p>\n
                                                  [S.B. SINHA]<\/p>\n
                                                         …………………J
\n                       [ CYRIAC JOSEPH ]<\/p>\n
New Delhi,
\nDecember 2, 2008.\n<\/p>\n
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