SUSHIL KUMAR SABHARWAL Vs. GURPREET SINGH
LAWS(SC)-2002-4-85
SUPREME COURT OF INDIA (FROM: PUNJAB & HARYANA)
Decided on April 23,2002

SUSHIL KUMAR SABHARWAL Appellant
VERSUS
GURPREET SINGH Respondents


Cited Judgements :-

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JAGJIT KHORANA VS. RAJ KUMAR [LAWS(J&K)-2006-4-7] [REFERRED TO]
MEENAKSHISUNDARAM TEXTILES VS. VALLIAMMAL TEXTILES LTD [LAWS(MAD)-2011-3-265] [REFERRED TO]
PIPLESHVAR DEISEL SERVICE VS. KOTDA DEYODAR GRAM [LAWS(GJH)-2013-2-90] [REFERRED TO]
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ALPANA DAS VS. PARESH CHANDRA DAS [LAWS(CAL)-2012-8-78] [REFERRED TO]
INDIA BREWARY & DISTILLERY LTD VS. SHAW WALLACE & COMPANY LTD [LAWS(CAL)-2019-8-142] [REFERRED TO]
DEV BHUSHAN SINCE DECEASED THR. LRS. VS. PRADEEP KUMAR [LAWS(DLH)-2017-10-140] [REFERRED TO]
M/S GKB OPTOLAB PVT. LTD. VS. DINESH BATRA & ANR. [LAWS(DLH)-2016-10-31] [REFERRED TO]
GKB OPTOLAB PVT LTD VS. DINESH BATRA & ANR [LAWS(DLH)-2016-10-84] [REFERRED]
LALTHANCHAMI VS. LALTHAFAMKIMA [LAWS(GAU)-2021-11-71] [REFERRED TO]
TIL BAHADUR KONWAR VS. DILUSAHU [LAWS(GAU)-2005-6-14] [REFERRED TO]
PROMODE BASUMATARY VS. CIVIL JUDGESR DIVN NO 1 [LAWS(GAU)-2005-5-35] [REFERRED TO]
SHRI CHETAN & OTHERS VS. SHRI NARAIN SINGH [LAWS(P&H)-2012-2-222] [REFERRED TO]
SYED GHOUSE MOHIUDDIN VS. SINGARENI COLLIERIES COMPANY LIMITED [LAWS(TLNG)-2019-7-68] [REFERRED TO]
DOSS VS. VAMANAN [LAWS(MAD)-2007-4-40] [REFERRED TO]
JAGDISH PANDEY VS. URMILA PANDEY AND ORS. [LAWS(JHAR)-2015-4-152] [REFERRED TO]
P SARAVANA KUMAR VS. MARS DYE CHEM A PARTNERSHIP FIRM [LAWS(MAD)-2009-12-554] [REFERRED TO]
SUBBULAKSHMI VS. PUNJAB AND SIND BANK [LAWS(MAD)-2010-6-169] [REFERRED TO]
SYED MOINUDDIN VS. LAKSHMAMMA AND OTHERS [LAWS(KAR)-2015-9-467] [REFERRED]
VASANTH COLOUR LABORATORIES PVT. LTD. VS. DIVYA DEVI [LAWS(KAR)-2016-1-205] [REFERRED TO]
MUNNA LAL GUPTA VS. RAM BABU CHOUDHARY [LAWS(PAT)-2006-8-108] [REFERRED TO]
NARENDRA PLASTIC PRIVATE LTD. & ANR. VS. DBS BANK LIMITED [LAWS(BOM)-2017-2-191] [REFERRED TO]
HAJI BARKAULLAH AND SONS VS. KARNATAKA STATE SILK CO-OPERATIVE MARKETING FEDE [LAWS(ALL)-2011-8-163] [REFERRED TO]
SATYA PAL SINGH AND ANOTHER VS. RANJEET SINGH SIROHI AND ANOTHER [LAWS(ALL)-2019-3-116] [REFERRED TO]
SWASTIKA SEN VS. PRITAM SEN [LAWS(CAL)-2009-4-45] [REFERRED TO]
G.D.R. ENTERPRISES AND VS. NEELKANTH TRADERS (THROUGH ITS PROP. SHTI DHARAMBIR) [LAWS(DLH)-2009-9-460] [REFERRED TO]
ABDUL HAMID VS. NAGINA BEGUM [LAWS(MPH)-2013-2-53] [REFERRED TO]
BRIJENDRA SINGH BHADAURIA VS. USHA SINGH ALIAS DEEPA [LAWS(MPH)-2011-9-135] [REFERRED]
TRIVENI SAO VS. RAMDHEYAN SINGH [LAWS(PAT)-2013-7-82] [REFERRED TO]
UDAIVEER SINGH VS. KUSUM SINGH [LAWS(RAJ)-2022-3-290] [REFERRED TO]
ANIL KUMAR JAIN VS. ARUN KUMAR JAIN [LAWS(RAJ)-2021-3-184] [REFERRED TO]
VENKATESH VS. P SUBBAIAH [LAWS(KAR)-2007-8-54] [REFERRED TO]
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PRITAM SEN VS. SWASTIKA SEN (MUKHERJEE) [LAWS(CAL)-2008-9-78] [REFERRED TO]
SUSHILKUMAR MANDANLAL GANEDIWAL VS. VIJAYKUMAR MANDANLAL GANEDIWALSAHU [LAWS(BOM)-2019-1-164] [REFERRED TO]
CIPLA LIMITED VS. THE ASSISTANT COMMISSIONER OF INCOME TAX & ANR. [LAWS(BOM)-2016-8-51] [REFERRED TO]
DISTRICT COLLECTOR TIRUNELVELI DISTRICT VS. GOVERNMENT OF INDIA REP BY ITS SECRETARY [LAWS(MAD)-2010-12-112] [REFERRED TO]
PLETHICO PHARMACEUTICALS LTD VS. ZENITH DRUGS AND ALLIED AGENCIES PVT. LTD. [LAWS(GAU)-2018-2-117] [REFERRED TO]
MOHAN VS. KAMAL [LAWS(MPH)-2017-8-281] [REFERRED TO]
RAGHUVEER VS. HARI PRASAD & OTHERS [LAWS(MPH)-2016-9-169] [REFERRED]
R.K. SARIN VS. BALJIT KULARIA [LAWS(P&H)-2012-6-55] [REFERRED TO]
R.K. SARIN VS. BALJIT KULARIA [LAWS(P&H)-2012-6-55] [REFERRED TO]
RANJEET BAFNA VS. KOTAK MAHENDRA BANK LTD. [LAWS(RAJ)-2014-5-62] [REFERRED TO]
MAHADEV GOVIND GHARGE VS. SPECIAL LAND ACQUISITION OFFICER [LAWS(SC)-2011-5-77] [REFERRED TO]
SMT. VENKATAMMA SINCE DEAD BY HER LR. AND ANOTHER VS. STATE OF KARNATAKA AND ANOTHER [LAWS(KAR)-2013-5-27] [REFERRED TO]
V.K. NISHA VS. THE REGISTRAR, THE TAMIL NADU DR. M.G.R., MEDICAL UNIVERSITY, CHENNAI [LAWS(MAD)-2002-3-193] [REFERRED TO]
K LAKSHUMANAPERUMAL VS. SARDHAR SHERIFF [LAWS(MAD)-2009-4-462] [REFERRED TO]
Anita @ Anisa Kasve VS. Dharmendra [LAWS(MPH)-2009-1-147] [REFERRED TO]
JANSAHYOUG GRIH NIRMAN SAHKARI SANSTHA MARYADIT VS. DEPUTY REGISTRAR [LAWS(MPH)-2010-2-106] [REFERRED TO]
PUSHPALATHA VS. DEVARAJ [LAWS(MAD)-2012-7-468] [REFERRED TO]
SUNANDA RATANSINGH DABERAO VS. ANANT NARAYAN INGLE [LAWS(BOM)-2006-9-22] [REFERRED TO]
HAMID HAJI HAROON VS. KHAIRUNNISA HAJI MOHAMMAD [LAWS(BOM)-2009-7-109] [REFERRED TO]
CHAMPA DEVI VS. A D J COURT NO 15 KANPUR NAGAR [LAWS(ALL)-2008-12-58] [REFERRED TO]
N HANMANTH REDDY VS. RAZIA BEGUM [LAWS(APH)-2013-7-64] [REFERRED TO]
BRIJENDRA SINGH BHADAURIA VS. USHA SINGH [LAWS(MPH)-2011-9-51] [REFERRED TO]
SYED ASKARI HADI ALI AUGUSTINE IMAM VS. SHAMIM AMNA IMAM [LAWS(PAT)-2013-12-77] [REFERRED TO]
MOHINDER KAUR VS. RAJ MOHINDER SINGH AND ORS. [LAWS(P&H)-2010-12-170] [REFERRED TO]
AMAR KAUR VS. BADAL SINGH [LAWS(P&H)-2010-5-208] [REFERRED TO]
RAHUL DUBEY VS. VIBHA DUBEY [LAWS(DLH)-2011-12-255] [REFERRED TO]
PRITAM SEN VS. SWSASTIKA SEN [LAWS(CAL)-2009-4-66] [REFERRED TO]
AJIT R. BAGWE VS. SUMAN R. BAGWE AND OTHERS [LAWS(BOM)-2018-2-392] [REFERRED TO]
THIRU N BALASUBRAMAIAN VS. K KAMALA [LAWS(MAD)-2010-7-280] [REFERRED TO]
APEX MARKETING VS. P.A.TIMES [LAWS(HPH)-2023-1-67] [REFERRED TO]
LAISHRAM ONGBI MANDAKINI DEVI VS. HIJAM OPENJIT SINGH [LAWS(MANIP)-2022-7-14] [REFERRED TO]
SMT. VIMALA JAIN VS. ARUN KUMAR JAIN [LAWS(RAJ)-2021-3-185] [REFERRED TO]
DHARAM PAL AND OTHERS VS. LALMAN AND OTHERS [LAWS(RAJ)-2017-4-284] [REFERRED TO]
GOPIRAM VS. SAVITRI DEVI AND ANOTHER [LAWS(MPH)-2018-6-173] [REFERRED TO]
SANGAM SAHAKARI GRIH NIRMAN SAHKARI SAMITI VS. JETHIBAI PURUSHWANI & OTHERS [LAWS(MPH)-2017-9-136] [REFERRED TO]
LEELA BAI VS. NANURAM, S/O LATE SHRI KUNJILAL [LAWS(MPH)-2013-2-54] [REFERRED TO]
RAJENDRA MAHADIK VS. DEVENDRA MAHADIK [LAWS(MPH)-2014-7-272] [REFERRED TO]
SAI ENTERPRISES VS. SURENDRA SINGH YADAV AND ANOTHER [LAWS(MPH)-2017-7-71] [REFERRED TO]
RAGHUVEER VS. HARI PRASAD AND OTHERS [LAWS(MPH)-2016-9-53] [REFERRED TO]
LAL BABU SINGH AND ORS. VS. GIRIJA DEVI AND ORS. [LAWS(PAT)-2015-5-34] [REFERRED TO]
BALDEV SINGH VS. JIWAN KUMAR PATHAK [LAWS(P&H)-2004-9-93] [REFERRED TO]
SHABBIR VS. ISMAIL ALI @ BABU KHAN [LAWS(RAJ)-2018-9-184] [REFERRED TO]
MAHADEV PRASASD VS. MANSA RAM [LAWS(RAJ)-2008-7-7] [REFERRED TO]
DINA NATH VS. UMA SHANDIL [LAWS(HPH)-2015-3-12] [REFERRED TO]
NAGARATHNA VS. M.L. CHETHAN KUMAR AND ORS. [LAWS(KAR)-2020-1-302] [REFERRED TO]
AMMANI AMMAL VS. DHANALAKSHMI BANK LTD [LAWS(MAD)-2008-2-277] [REFERRED TO]
VISHNUBHAI KESHABHAI PRAJAPATI AND ORS. VS. INTERKLIN REFACTORY AND CERAMICS PVT LTD. [LAWS(GJH)-2016-2-42] [REFERRED TO]
RAJENDRA PRASAD SINGH VS. GULAM RASOOL [LAWS(JHAR)-2003-1-21] [REFERRED TO]
AMIN S/O FATEHALIBHAI VEERANI VS. MEERABAI W/O KUNJILAL BHARTIYA [LAWS(BOM)-2015-3-105] [REFERRED TO]
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M/S RAMA KRISHNA EXPORTS VS. SH. BHARAT KUMAR SETH (DELHI) [LAWS(DLH)-2007-2-279] [REFERRED TO]
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JUDGEMENT

- (1.)This is a landlord-tenant litigation. The tenant is aggrieved by an ex parte decree dated 9-10-1993 for recovery of arrears of rent and eviction from the suit premises bearing plot No. 9, Chowk Shakti Nagar, Amritsar where the tenant carries on his business of selling shoes. An application under O. 9, R. 13 of the C.P.C. seeking setting aside of the ex parte decree was filed which was opposed, enquired into and rejected by the trial Court. The civil revision preferred by the tenant met with the same fate. The tenant has filed this appeal by special leave.
(2.)A perusal of the record of proceedings shows that the process-server was entrusted with summons for service on the defendant-tenant. The date of hearing appointed was 23-2-1993. According to the process-server, Narinderjeet Singh, he went to the shop of the tenant-appellant on 22-2-1993 and tendered to him the summons accompanied by a copy of the plaint. The tenant refused to accept the summons. Then, he returned the summons along with an endorsement of refusal on the back of summons to the Court on 23-2-1993. On 23-2-1993, the Court recorded default in appearance of the defendant-tenant and proceeded ex parte resulting into the ex parte decree dated 9-10-1993.
(3.)The singular issue which arises for determination in the case is whether the defendant-tenant can be said to have been properly served in the manner contemplated by the Code of Civil Procedure


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