Can courts accept written statements beyond 120-day deadline? Delhi High Court larger bench to decide
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The Delhi High Court recently referred to a larger bench the question of whether courts can permit defendants in civil suits to file their written statements beyond the prescribed 120-day deadline. [Yogesh Taneja v. Vinay Taneja]A Division Bench of Justices Vivek Chaudhary and Renu Bhatnagar expressed disagreement with earlier decisions of coordinate benches holding that the 120-day deadline under the Delhi High Court (Original Side) Rules, 2018 is mandatory and cannot be extended.The Court was