geeta sanjaykumar kadam vs sanjaykumar shivraj kadam — 772/2024

Case Summary - R.C.S. No. 772/2024 The court allowed the defendants' application to set aside the "No Written Statement" order dated 30.01.2025 and accept their written statement on record. Although the defendants failed to file their written statement within the prescribed 90-day period under CPC Order VIII Rule 1 and filed the application with significant delay on 07.03.2025, the court found their affidavit-supported explanation credible. Given that the suit (seeking declaration that an adoption deed is null and void and that plaintiff No.2 is the biological daughter of plaintiff No.1 and defendant No.1) was at an initial stage, the court deemed it just to allow the defendants an opportunity to present their defense. However, to penalize the delay, the defendants were ordered to pay Rs.100 each as cost to the plaintiffs. This case analysis is maintained by casestatus.in based on publicly available court records.