Sukhwant Kaur v. Harpinder Singh and Others
Punjab & Haryana HCCR/559/2025
Case brief
AI extract
What is this about?
Written statement filing timeline; Order VIII Rule 1 CPC directory vs mandatory; condonation of delay; Commercial Courts Act, 2015 Section 16 amendment to CPC; commercial dispute Section 2(c); two regimes of civil procedure; Oku Tech ratio limited to commercial disputes; relied on AIR 2019 SC 2691 and (2018) 6 SCC 639; non-commercial dispute; Annexure P-3 taken on record; attestation POOJA SHARMA 2025.03.19.
What did the court decide?
On commencement of the Commercial Courts Act, 2015 there exist two regimes of civil procedure: commercial disputes (as defined in Section 2(c)) are governed by the CPC as amended by Section 16 of that Act, while all other non-commercial disputes fall under the unamended/original CPC. ¶33