7. Procedure where defendant appears on day of adjourned hearing and assigns good cause for previous non appearance.- Where the court has adjourned the hearing of the Suit ex parte, and the defendant, at or before such hearing, appears and assigns good cause for his previous non appearance, he may, upon such terms as the court directs as to costs or otherwise, be heard in answer to the suit as if he had appeared on the day fixed for his appearance. HIGH COURT AMENDMENT Rajasthan.- The following shall be substituted for Rule 7, namely: “7. Where the Court has adjourned the hearing of the suit after making an order that it be heard ex parte and the defendant at or before such hearing appears and assigns good cause for his previous non-appearance, the Court may upon such terms as it directs as to costs or otherwise set aside the order for the hearing of the suit ex parte and hear the defendant in answer to the suit as if he had appeared on the day fixed for his appearance”.
(30.6.1956).
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