MR. SUNNY SANGWAN vs DR. SAURABH SHANDILYATHROUGH HIS DULY CONSTITUTED ATTORNEY MR. NIKHIL PRASAD OJHA & ANR.

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$~ * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI Judgment reserved on: 30.10.2025 Judgment pronounced on: 21.11.2025 + FAO(OS) 24/2025 MR. SUNNY SANGWAN .....Appellant Through: Mr. Raman Kapoor, Senior Advocate with Mr. Shoeb Shakeel and Mr. Sahim Khan, Advocates. versus DR. SAURABH SHANDILYA THROUGH HIS DULY CONSTITUTED ATTORNEY MR. NIKHIL PRASAD OJHA & ANR. .....Respondents Through: Mr. Ravi Kapoor, Mr. Rishav Ambastha and Mr. Pranay Aggarwal, Advocates for Respondent Nos. 1 and 2. CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE ANIL KSHETARPAL HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE HARISH VAIDYANATHAN SHANKAR JUDGMENT HARISH VAIDYANATHAN SHANKAR, J. 1. The present Appeal, filed under Section 10 of the Delhi High Court Act, 1966 read with Section 151 of the Civil Procedure Code, 19081, assails the Order dated 14.01.20252 passed by the learned Single Judge in CS (OS) No. 341/2022, titled “Saurabh Shandilya & 1 CPC 2 Impugned Order Signature Not Verified Digitally Signed By:HARVINDER KAUR BHATIA FAO(OS) 24/2025 Page 1 of 15 Signing Date:22.11.2025 15:50:25 Anr. v. Sunny Sangwan & Ors”. 2. By the Impugned Order, the learned Single Judge dismissed Chamber Appeal bearing O.A. No. 58/20243 and I.A. No. 6856/2024, which had been preferred for setting aside the Order dated 26.09.2023 passed by the learned Joint Registrar, whereby the right of the Appellant/Defendant No. 1 to file the Written Statement and the Affidavit of Admission and Denial was closed. The said Chamber Appeal was accompanied by I.A. No. 6856/2024, seeking condonation of a delay of 170 days in filing the Appeal. BRIEF FACTS: 3. Briefly stated, the Respondents/Plaintiffs instituted CS(OS) No. 341/2022 in the year 2022, pursuant to which summons were issued to all the Defendants, including the Appellant herein. The Appellant received the summons in June