Royal Sundaram General Ins. Co. Ltd. v. Ajay Kumar and Ors.
Case brief
What is this about?
Royal Sundaram General Insurance Co. Ltd. v. Ajay Kumar & Ors.; CMP(M) No. 790/2025; interlocutory application CMP No. 8473/2026; substituted service; service by publication; Order 5 Rules 17 & 20 CPC; Section 151 CPC; publication in “Times of India”; respondents No. 2 & 3 unserved despite ordinary process; deliberate avoidance of service; process fee and publication charges within three weeks; listing before Additional Registrar (Judicial) on 01.06.2026; Sushil Kukreja, J.; decided 07.05.2026; purely procedural order on service of process, no merits adjudicated.
What did the court decide?
Substituted service of respondents No. 2 & 3 ordered through publication in the daily newspaper “Times of India”, upon filing of process fee and deposit of publication charges within three weeks; case to be listed before the Additional Registrar (Judicial) on 01.06.2026 for further orders on service.