Vishal Maheshwari v. G4S Facility Services (India) Pvt. Ltd.
Case brief
What is this about?
Ex-parte order set aside by Trial Court; application under Order IX Rule 13 CPC; service of summons upon employee of different/group corporate entity (G4S Secure Solutions India Private Limited) held not valid service; Covid-19 second-wave administrative directions against adverse orders for non-appearance; no further process issued after 10.02.2021; Article 227 scope very restricted and constricted; no interference absent illegality or perversity; ex-parte decree dated 25.07.2023; ex-parte proceeding 15.12.2021; service report 10.02.2021; execution proceedings disclosure; Sushil Kumar Sabharwal v. Gurpreet Singh and Others (2002) 5 SCC 377; CM(M) 907/2025; Manoj Jain, Judge; High Court of Delhi; commercial suit; petition dismissed.
What did the court decide?
Even assuming the defendant had been validly served on 10.02.2021 or had knowledge about the pendency of the suit, it would not come to the rescue of the plaintiff, simply for the reason that in terms of the specific administrative directions issued by this Court, the learned Trial Court should not have passed any adverse order on account of the Covid-19 pandemic.