C.R. No.4324 of 2003 (O&M) -1- IN THE HIGH COURT FOR THE STATES OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH C.R. No.4324 of 2003 (O&M) Date of Decision: 19.08.2009 International Export House .....Petitioner Versus Big Boss (London) Ltd. and another ...Respondents Present: Mr. Manish Parbhakar, Advocate for the petitioner. None for the respondents. CORAM:HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE K. KANNAN 1. Whether Reporters of local papers may be allowed to see the judgment ? No 2. To be referred to the Reporters or not ? No 3. Whether the judgment should be reported in the Digest?No -.- K. KANNAN J. (ORAL) 1. The application filed by the plaintiff under Order 8 Rule 10 for striking off the defence was dismissed. The plaintiff is in revision against that order. 2. Admittedly, the written statement had not been filed within 90 days. The statement was filed, according to learned counsel appearing for the petitioner, after a delay of more than 200 days. The only issue is whether the defence must have been struck off by the defendant for not filing statement within 90 days. If the Court has found a reason to condone the delay and receive the statement, it is an order passed in the exercise of its discretion, which the relevant provision itself allows the Court to exercise. There is no illegality or C.R. No.4324 of 2003 (O&M) -2- error in jurisdiction to run down the order as not tenable in revision. The order passed by the Court below is confirmed and the civil revision is dismissed. (K. KANNAN) JUDGE August 19, 2009 Pankaj*