Suit against specialty hospital contractor to be heard ex parte

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The High Court will this month begin ex parte proceedings against fired contractor on the Specialty Hospital project Surendra Engineering after the company failed to reply to several notices of summons published in India.

The court has been unable to serve a Writ of Summons to Surendra Engineering as there is no one in the country to receive it and as such Justice Rishi Persaud, who is the presiding case judge, asked that it be published.

Attorney General Anil Nandlall told Stabroek News that the summons was published in Indian newspapers but as at yesterday there has still not been a response had from the company and as such the case will be heard without the defendant.

The hearing will begin in the