Suo Motu Orders Extending Limitation Apply Also To Delay in filing Written Statements : Supreme Court

The Supreme Court upheld the decision of Madras High Court, which relied on its direction dated 08.03.2020 in Suo Moto Writ (Civil) No 3 of 2020 titled In Re Cognizance for Extension of Limitation to condone the delay in filing written statements in a commercial suit.

A Bench comprising Justices M.R. Shah and B.V. Nagarathna dismissed the appeal filed challenging the order of the Madras High Court which condoned delay in filing of written statements within the excluded period of 15.03.2020 to 14.03.2021

Madras High Court Judgment

Supreme Court Judgment