DESH RAJ Vs. BALKISHAN

JUDGEMENT

(1.) Leave granted.

(2.) This Civil Appeal is directed against order dated 26.11.2018 passed by the Delhi High Court whereby appellant's revision petition against the order of the Civil Court which closed his right to file written statement under Order VIII Rule 1 of the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 (hereinafter "CPC") and struckoff his defence owing to repeated delays and non adherence of prescribed deadlines, has been dismissed.

(3.) The appellant and the respondent are brothers and own one floor each of ancestral property bearing No. 142 in Devli Village, Delhi. The ground floor was possessed and owned by the respondent, whereas the first floor was in the name of the appellant.