{"id":3521,"date":"2023-05-03T11:44:46","date_gmt":"2023-05-03T06:14:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.leadindia.law\/blog\/en\/?p=3521"},"modified":"2023-05-03T11:44:47","modified_gmt":"2023-05-03T06:14:47","slug":"what-are-ex-parte-proceedings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.leadindia.law\/blog\/en\/what-are-ex-parte-proceedings\/","title":{"rendered":"What are ex-parte proceedings?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

There is a famous latin phrase that is \u2018Audi Alteram Partem\u201d that means listen to the both side or both side should be listened and this phrase is one of the essential part of the natural Justice, every party either plaintiff or defendant both has the right to be heard in fair way, the court issue the summon to the party to appear before the court on the prescribed date given by the court, when in any proceeding of the suit of civil nature, where the plaintiff was present but the defendant was not present, and thus the summon are being issued by the court to the defendant,then the court have the authority to proceed against the defendant and pass an ex parte decree, under order 9 rule 6 of the CPC the court has the jurisdiction to pass ex parte decree<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The order says that despite the summon has been issued to the defendant but he\/she have not appeared before the court, the court here have the power and the authority to pass an ex parte decree, and if the summon is not issued by the court, the court will issue the summon again to the defendant, if the summon are served properly but the defendant despite of such effort don’t appear before the court because of the time the court will provide a future date for the proceeding,and if the summon is not served by the plaintiff properly then the court will direct the plaintiff to pay the cost of adjournment of the hearings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Order 9 rule 13 this rule provide the remedy for the defendant to keep aside the ex-parte decree, which was passed by the court due to the no appearance of the defendant in the particular lawsuit, the ex parte decree can be set side only when the defendant shows or presents the the reason that satisfies the reason in the court for not attending the proceedings of the court.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The court also set aside the ex parte decree when the defendant gives the satisfactory reason before the court that the summons was not served properly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When the sufficient ground are being satisfied by the defendant the court set aside the ex- parte decree, once the court is satisfied the court will set aside the ex parte decree, and thus the civil court provide the remedy and the opportunity to represent the case<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There are the remedies for the defendant against whom the ex-parte decree has been issued:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n