IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Civil Revision No.3008 of 2009 (O&M) Date of Decision : 28.08.2009 S.Jarnail Singh Minhas and another .....Petitioners versus Smt.Davinder Kaur .....Respondent CORAM : HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE SURYA KANT. Present : None -.- 1. Whether Reporters of Local papers may be allowed to see the judgment? 2. To be referred to the Reporters or not? 3. Whether the judgment should be reported in the Digest? --- ORDER Surya Kant, J. (Oral) As per the office report, the respondent is out of India. Report of the dasti notice, however, is still awaited. Be that as it may, the issue involves in this case can be resolved without the assistance of the parties. This revision petition is directed by the petitioner-defendants who are aggrieved at the order dated 11.12.2008 passed by the Civil Judge (Senior Division), Jalandhar, whereby their defence has been struck off due to non-appearance for recording of the statement under Order 10 Rule 1 CPC. C.R. No.3008 of 2009 (O&M) -2- Having regard to all the attending circumstances and in the interest of justice, this revision petition is allowed; the impugned order dated 11.12.2008 is set-aside and the learned trial Court is directed to give one more opportunity to the petitioners or their counsel to enable them to make the statement in accordance with the Order 10 Rule 1 CPC. This opportunity shall be granted subject to payment of costs of Rs.2000/- to the plaintiff-respondent. Dasti. 28-08-2009 (SURYA KANT) Mohinder JUDGE