Procedure to be followed where any party does not appear.

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..... ner or the applicant as the case may be, does not appear when the petition or the application is called for hearing, the Bench may, in its discretion, either dismiss the petition or the application for default or hear and decide the same ex parte. (2) Where a petition or application has been dismissed for default and the petitioner or the applicant files an application within thirty days from th .....

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..... ay apply to the Bench within thirty days for an order to set aside and if the respondent or respondents satisfy the Bench that the notice was not duly served on him or them or that he or they were prevented by any sufficient cause from appearing when the petition was called for hearing, the Bench may make an order setting aside the ex parte order against him or them on such terms as it thinks fit .....

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