Canara Bank Jothipuram Branch vs Prince R Charles Advocate - Manoharan.A — 13/2025

Court Order Summary The petition filed by defendants seeking condonation of delay (29 days) to file a written statement after the 120-day statutory deadline under the Commercial Courts Act, 2015 has been dismissed. The court held that the 120-day timeline for filing written statements is mandatory and cannot be extended even for hardship circumstances like the death of the 2nd defendant, citing Supreme Court precedent that such extensions apply only during extraordinary situations like COVID-19 pandemic. The defendants retain the right to cross-examine the plaintiff's evidence and pleadings. This case analysis is maintained by casestatus.in based on publicly available court records.