SANGEETA RAI SANDHU & ORS. vs CHARANJIT SANDHU & ORS.

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$~ * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI % Judgment reserved on: 12.08.2025 Judgment pronounced on: 20.08.2025 + FAO(OS) 80/2025 & CM APPL. 44068/2025 SANGEETA RAI SANDHU & ORS. .....Appellants Through: Mr. Rajiv Kumar Ghawana, Mr Vikalp Chandela, Advs. versus CHARANJIT SANDHU & ORS. .....Respondents Through: Mr Prashant Katara, Ms Sakshi Jain, Advs. for R-1 CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE ANIL KSHETARPAL HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE HARISH VAIDYANATHAN SHANKAR JUDGMENT ANIL KSHETARPAL, J. 1. Through the present Appeal filed under Section 10 of the Delhi High Court Act, 1966 read with Order XLIII Rule 1 of the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 [hereinafter referred to as ‘CPC’] the Appellants [Defendant Nos.1 to 3 before the learned Single Judge] assail the correctness of the Impugned Orders dated 04.02.2025 and 19.05.2025 by which O.A. No. 93/2024 and Rev. Pet. No. 220/2025, respectively, were dismissed by the learned Single Judge. The Chamber Appeal being O.A. No. 93/2024 and a subsequent Revision Petition being Rev.Pet. No. 220/2025 was filed by the Appellants in Signature Not Verified Signed By:JAI NARAYAN FAO(OS) 80/2025 Page 1 of 11 Signing Date:20.08.2025 11:43:11 CS (OS) 65/2023 captioned Charanjit Sandhu v Sangita Rai Sandhu & Ors. [hereinafter referred to as ‘the Civil Suit’]. Vide both the said proceedings initiated by the Appellants, they challenged the order dated 21.12.2023 passed by the learned Joint Registrar, through which the right of the Appellants to file a Written Statement was closed with an observation that the statutory period of 120 days, from the date of service, has already expired. FACTUAL MATRIX: 2. The dispute before this Court arises out of a partition suit filed by the Respondent No.1 [Plaintiff before the learned Single Judge] which was contested by t