# VIKRANT VATS vs AJAY GAHLOT

Court: Delhi High Court
Date: 2025-01-20
Citation: RFA-45/2025 2025:DHC:280
Petitioner: VIKRANT VATS
Respondent: AJAY GAHLOT

[Official PDF on Delhi High Court website](https://delhihighcourt.nic.in/app/showFileJudgment/60820012025RFA452025_185309.pdf)

## Judgment text (excerpt)

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 pages 2.5.4.20=8401dd889b27a77b2f65ffffe4afec45569af3962c6fb4835d435f97 626cacca, postalCode=110003, st=DELHI, 2024. The application for leave to defend having not been filed with

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