The H.P. State Cooperative Agriculture and Rural Development Bank and Another v. Manish Kumar and Others
Case brief
What is this about?
Closure of right to file written statement; last and final opportunity of four weeks; imposition of costs Rs.25,000/- payable within two weeks; seven-month delay in filing written statement; suit for declaration and recovery of Rs.10,50,000/- as compensation for damages; Senior Civil Judge Court No.1 Sundernagar Mandi; CMPMO No.309 of 2026; High Court of Himachal Pradesh Shimla; Justice Romesh Verma; H.P. State Cooperative Agriculture & Rural Development Bank; Manish Kumar Rawat; procedural indulgence in interest of justice; pending applications disposed; decided 22.06.2026.
What did the court decide?
One last and final opportunity of four weeks afforded to the petitioners to file the written statement, subject to payment of Rs.25,000/- costs to respondent No.1/plaintiff within two weeks, failing which the benefit of the order shall not be available; pending applications, if any, stand disposed of.