VIKRANT VATS vs AJAY GAHLOT

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$~69 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI % Date of Decision: 20.01.2025 + RFA 45/2025, CM APPL. 3190/2025, 3189/2025 & 3188/2025 VIKRANT VATS .....Appellant Through: Mr. Rajat Arora and Mr. Sourabh Mahla, Advocates versus AJAY GAHLOT .....Respondent Through: None. CORAM: JUSTICE GIRISH KATHPALIA J U D G M E N T (ORAL) 1. The appellant has assailed judgment and decree dated 27.11.2024, passed by the learned Additional District Judge, South West, Dwarka, Delhi under Order XXXVII CPC on account of failure on the part of the appellant to file application for leave to defend within stipulated period. Learned counsel for appellant has taken me through the relevant record already filed with the appeal. Having heard learned counsel for appellant, I find no ground to issue notice of this appeal. 2. Briefly stated, the circumstances leading to this appeal are that the present respondent filed a suit under Order XXXVII CPC against the appellant for recovery of Rs. 87,00,000/- on the basis of two cheques which RFA 45/2025 Page 1 of 3 pages Digitally signed by GIRISH KATHPALIA DN: c=IN, o=HIGH COURT OF DELHI, ou=DELHI HIGH COURT, GIRISH KATHPALIA 2.5.4.20=8401dd889b27a77b2f65ffffe4afec45569af3962c6fb4835d435f97 626cacca, postalCode=110003, st=DELHI, Signature Not Verified serialNumber=D3E86796451EC45C07B5D15570996B40F80CBD2EEE6040 2C487965FF801E26FA, cn=GIRISH KATHPALIA Date: 2025.01.20 17:52:57 -08'00' Digitally Signed By:NEETU N NAIR Signing Date:20.01.2025 18:48:54 had got dishonoured on being presented. The summons for judgment were served on the appellant on 06.07.2024 and application for leave to defend was filed on 18.11.2024. The application for leave to defend having not been filed within prescribed period, the application was dismissed and the suit was decreed. Hence