Reply or objections to an application

Answering an application filed by the other side, para by para.

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IN THE COURT OF Civil Judge (Junior Division), Amarnagar

Civil Suit No. 412 of 2025

Kabir Sharma son of Shri Dev Sharma, aged about 44 years, resident of House No. 7, Basant Vihar, Amarnagar, Tehsil and District Amarnagar, Punjab

…Replying party

Versus

Vikram Singh son of Shri Harbans Singh, aged about 52 years, resident of House No. 45, Gulab Colony, Amarnagar, Tehsil and District Amarnagar, Punjab

…Applicant

REPLY ON BEHALF OF THE RESPONDENT TO THE APPLICATION under Order XXXIX Rules 1 and 2 CPC

Respectfully Showeth:

PRELIMINARY OBJECTIONS

1.That the applicant has concealed that the wall was built by the respondent in 2019.

REPLY ON MERITS

2.Para 1 is a matter of record.

3.Para 2 is wrong and denied; the wall is on the common boundary.

4.That all other averments of the application are denied, and the applicant is put to strict proof of them.

PRAYER:

It is, therefore, respectfully prayed that the application may kindly be dismissed with costs.

Any other relief which this Hon'ble Court deems fit may also be granted in the interest of justice.

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The copy of the application you received, with its documents
Your papers that answer it, paragraph by paragraph (the originals to show)
Any preliminary objection you want raised: delay, the wrong court, or the same matter already decided
The main case: its number and year, the court, the names of the parties and the next date

Filed through your advocate in the same court, under the case's number, on or before the date fixed for the reply; a copy goes to the other side.

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Answer every paragraph: a fact you do not deny may be taken as admitted.
File it by the date fixed: if you are late, the court may decide the application without your reply.
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