ROHIT CHATURVEDI vs RACHNA CHATURVEDI & ORS

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$~2 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI % Date of Decision: 10th July, 2025 + FAO 390/2019 ROHIT CHATURVEDI .....Appellant Through: Mr. Vivek Bhardwaj, Advocate. Versus RACHNA CHATURVEDI & ORS .....Respondent Through: Mr. Deeptakirti Verma, Advocate for R-1. CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE MANOJ JAIN J U D G M E N T (oral) 1. A civil suit i.e. CS OS No. 2671/2008 had been filed by Mr. S.K. Chaturvedi before this Court on its original side. It was directed against the following three defendants:- Mr. Rohit Chaturvedi Defendant No.1 Ms. Rachna Chaturvedi Defendant No.2 Dr. A.K. Chaturvedi Defendant No.3 2. In the abovesaid suit said Ms. Rachna (defendant No2) filed a counter claim which was registered as Counter Claim No. 57/2009 and it was directed against the following three respondents:- Mr. S K Chaturvedi Respondent No.1 Mr. Rohit Chaturvedi Respondent No.2 Dr. A.K. Chaturvedi Respondent No.3 Signature Not Verified Digitally Signed FAO 390/2019 1 By:SONIA THAPLIYAL Signing Date:14.07.2025 11:40:28 3. It will be also important to mention here that Mr. S.K. Chaturvedi is father of Rohit Chaturvedi and Ms. Rachna Chaturvedi is estranged wife of Rohit Chaturvedi. 4. With the change in pecuniary jurisdiction, the abovesaid civil suit, as well as counter claim, got transferred to District Court. 5. As far as the civil suit is concerned, it was dismissed-in-default and for non-prosecution on 27.07.2017 but the counter claim was, eventually, decreed on 06.06.2018 in favour of counter-claimant. 6. Such decree was ex-parte in nature. 7. The appellant herein is Mr. Rohit Chaturvedi who is respondent No. 2 in the abovesaid counter claim. 8. According to him, he was never aware about filing of any suit or, for that matter, any such counter-claim and never authorised any counsel t