V.V. Ramanathan & Company (Pvt) Ltd. vs National Housing Development Authority – CASE NO: 267/2009/MR-2014

In the case between V.V. Ramanathan & Company (Pvt) Ltd. (Plaintiff-Respondent) and National Housing Development Authority with the Attorney General (Defendant-Petitioner), the court addressed whether an ex-parte judgment and the subsequent order (Order X10) refusing to set aside that judgment constituted a “Judgment” directly appealable to the Supreme Court under Section 88(2) of the Civil Procedure Code. The proceedings arose from a commercial dispute over construction payments. After the ex-parte judgment and the refusal to set it aside, an application for Leave to Appeal was filed. It was determined that such orders function as judgments within the meaning of Section 88(2), making Leave to Appeal inappropriate in these circumstances. This holding reinforced the statutory interpretation