RANBIR KUMAR SINGHLA vs ESPAL AND COMPANY

IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI Date of Decision: 26th February, 2026 CM(M) 1963/2025 & CM APPL. 63532/2025 RANBIR KUMAR SINGHLA .....Petitioner Through: Mr. Ashutosh Bhardwaj and Ms. Shashi Prakash Dwivedi, Advocates. versus ESPAL AND COMPANY .....Respondent Through: Mr. M. Tarique Siddiqui, Mr. Abhishek K. Tanwar and Mohd. Faisal Khan, Advocates. CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RAJNEESH KUMAR GUPTA ORDER (Oral) Rajneesh Kumar Gupta, J. 1. This hearing has been conducted through hybrid mode. 2. The present petition has been filed by the petitioner/defendant under Article 227 of the Constitution of India, 1950, assailing the order dated 04th September, 2025, passed by the trial court in CS(COMM) No. 71/2025, whereby the application filed by the petitioner/defendant under Order VIII Rule 1 read with Section 148 of the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 (‘CPC’), has been dismissed. 3. Heard. Record perused. 4. Learned Counsel for the petitioner has argued that the summons were served upon the petitioner/defendant on 26th March, 2025. The Trial Court, vide order dated 01st May, 2025, closed the right of the petitioner to file the written statement on the ground that the same was not fil