Civil Revision No.3899 of 2011 -: 1 :- IN THE HIGH COURT FOR THE STATES OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Civil Revision No.3899 of 2011 Date of decision: September 16, 2011. Gauri Shankar ... Petitioner v. Jagbir Singh & Another ... Respondent(s) CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE KANWALJIT SINGH AHLUWALIA Present: Shri Bahadur Singh, Advocate, for the petitioner. Shri Vikrant Rana, Advocate, for respondent No.1. Kanwaljit Singh Ahluwalia , J. (Oral): Present revision petition has been filed seeking quashing of the impugned order dated 10.9.2010 (Annexure P-1) passed by Civil Judge (Junior Division), Charkhi Dadri whereby the petitioner-defendant No.1 to the suit was proceeded against ex-parte. Challenge has also been made to the order dated 10.5.2011 (Annexure P-3) passed by the Trial Judge whereby application moved by the petitioner-defendant No.1 for setting aside the ex-parte order dated 10.9.2010 was dismissed. Counsel for the petitioner has read over the impugned order Annexure P-3 wherein it has been noticed by the Trial Judge that on 10.9.2010 defendant could not appear as he was attending to his wife who was undergoing treatment. In support of this contention, medical certificate dated 9.9.2010 was produced but the Trial Judge had not recalled the order Civil Revision No.3899 of 2011 -: 2 :- of ex-parte proceedings only on the ground that the application was filed after a delay of 20 days. After hearing Counsel for the parties, this Court is of the view that the principles of equity, justice and fair play demand that due opportunity ought to be given to the petitioner-defendant No.1 to defend himself. Thus, the revision petition is allowed and the impugned orders dated 10.9.2010 (Annexure P-1) and 11.5.2011 (Annexure P-3) are set aside. Petitioner-defendant No.1 is allowed to join the proceedings. [Kanwaljit Singh Ahluwalia] September 16, 2011. Judge kadyan