Auto Cars vs Trimurti Cargo Movers Pvt. Ltd. - Supreme Court Important Judgment

 Auto Cars vs Trimurti Cargo Movers Pvt. Ltd. - Supreme Court Important Judgment 2018 - 

On 15th February, 2018, in the case of Auto Cars v. Trimurti Cargo Movers Pvt. Ltd. & Ors. [Civil Appeal No. 2113 of 2018], it was held that “service of summons on the defendants without mentioning therein a specific day, date, year and time cannot be held as “summons duly served” on the defendants within the meaning of Order IX Rule 13 of CPC. In other words, such summons and the service effected pursuant thereto cannot be held to be in conformity with Section 27 read with the statutory format prescribed in Appendix B Process (I and IA) and Order 5 Rule 20(3) of CPC.”