Written Statement Deadline Tracker

 

📝 Written Statement Deadline Tracker

✅ Case Title / Number: ___________________________
✅ Court: ___________________________
✅ Plaintiff: ___________________________
✅ Defendant: ___________________________

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🔹 Step 1: Date of Service of Summons

👉 Date received by defendant: ____ / ____ / ______
(Write the exact date when the summons was served)

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🔹 Step 2: Calculate Deadlines

• ⏳ Initial deadline (30 days): ____ / ____ / ______

• ⏳ Maximum extension (90 days, civil cases): ____ / ____ / ______

• ⏳ For commercial disputes (max 120 days): ____ / ____ / ______

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🔹 Step 3: Track Filing Status

• 📦 Drafting started? ✅ / ❌ → Date: ___________

• ✏ Draft completed? ✅ / ❌ → Date: ___________

• 📤 Filed in court? ✅ / ❌ → Date: ___________

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🔹 Step 4: Court Orders (if any extensions sought)

• Has an extension been requested? ✅ / ❌ → Date: ___________

• Court’s order recorded? ✅ / ❌ → Notes: _________________________

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⚠ Important Reminders:

• ⏰ Don’t delay! Courts now frown upon casual delays, especially in commercial disputes.

• 📎 Keep all proofs of service (postal receipts, acknowledgment) attached.

• 🗂 Maintain a separate folder/file for each case to track deadlines properly.