'Lenient' Approach For Condoning Delay In Filing Written Statement Will Frustrate Purpose Of CPC: Delhi High Court

The Delhi High Court has held that civil courts must not adopt a lenient view while considering requests for condonation of delay in filing a Written Statement (WS) under Order VIII Rule 1 of the Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC). The Court emphasised that timelines introduced through the CPC (Amendment) Act, 2002 must be enforced to avoid rendering procedural law meaningless. The order was passed by Justice Girish Kathpalia in…