USHA SHRIRAM ENTERPRISE PVT LTD & ANR. vs AJEET SINGH

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$~102 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI % Date of Decision: 22nd July, 2025 + CM(M) 1313/2025 & CM APPL. 43473-43474/2025 USHA SHRIRAM ENTERPRISE PVT LTD & ANR. .....Petitioner Through: Mr. Ananeya Mishra and Mr. Nidish Gupta, Advocates. versus AJEET SINGH .....Respondent Through: Mr. Lav Kumar Aggarwal, Advocate. CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE MANOJ JAIN J U D G M E N T (oral) 1. Petitioner is defending a suit for recovery. 2. The suit in question has been filed by Mr. Ajeet Singh(respondent herein) who is a practicing advocate and seeks his dues towards retainership fee which, according to him, have not been paid to him, despite the agreed terms. 3. The point involved in the present petition is a very short one. 4. Summons were served upon defendants on 15.05.2025, and they did not file any written statement within the initial stipulated period of 30 days. 5. When the matter was taken up on 03.07.2025, noticing that there was no written statement from the side of defendants, their right to file written statement was closed and the case was, resultantly, fixed for plaintiff’s evidence. 6. Such order is under challenge. 7. Learned counsel for petitioners (defendants before the learned Trial Court) submits that defendants wanted to upload written statement on Signature Not Verified Digitally Signed CM(M) 1313/2025 1 By:DINESH CHANDRA Signing Date:24.07.2025 16:05:25 02.07.2025 but the website was under maintenance and, therefore, they could not file the same. 8. Learned counsel for petitioner also tenders his apology for not presenting correct facts in this regard before the learned Trial Court on 03.07.2025 as, when the matter was taken up by the learned Trial Court on said date, it was stated from their side that the written statement had been already filed but not