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MST. BHABIA DEVI versus PERMANAND PD. YADAV

Decided
24 February 1997
Judges listed
K. RAMASWAMY, G.T. NANAVATI (as the open data lists them; this may not name the whole bench)
Disposal
Dismissed

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[1997] 2 S.C.R. 465 · 1997 INSC 194
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This special leave petition arises from the order of the High Court of Patna, made in Appeal from the Original Or~cr No. 406/89 on July 24, 1996.

p. 465, margin F

The respondent had filed a suit for specific performance on the foot of an agreement alleged to have been executed by the petitioner. The petitioner was served notice but since she did not contest the suit, ex-parte decree was granted. Subsequently, the petitioner filed an application under Order IX, Rule 13, C.P.C. seeking setting aside of the ex-parte decree. Therein, her specific case was that she was not residing at Garhia village and, therefore, the notice could not be deemed to have been served on her. The endorsement is not correct. The question was gone into by the courts below after recording the evidence of one Laxuman Yadav, Mahendra Y adav and process server. It is their case that on January 15, 1985 when the summons were handed over to Mst. Bhabia Devi and when she was acquainted with the facts, she refused to sing or put thumb impression on the notice. When the process server had gone to serve it on her personally on April 2, 1984 to the village and also on April 9, 1984 when the registered card acknowledgement was sent, she refused to acknowledge it. Under those circumstances, the courts below have concluded and the High Court has recorded as under :

pp. 465–466, margin G

"Apart from the aforementioned two modes for ser.vice of notice, as I have already noticed, there was yet another mode by way of Gazette publication. An attempt has been made on behalf of the appellant to say that she being illiterate lady could not learn about

p. 466, margin C

the Gazette publication."

p. 466, margin C

This is a finding of fact on appreciation of the evidence. Thereby, it is clear that petitioner had refused to accept the notice. Consequently, she was rightly set· ex-parte. The learned counsel for the petitioner seeks to contest the case on merits. We cannot go into the merits since the appeal was not subject matter in any of the appeals filed either under Section 96 or Section 100, C.P.C.

p. 466, margin D

The special leave petition is dismissed. R.P. Petition dismissed.

p. 466, margin E