No response on summon

Querist : Anonymous (Querist) 21 October 2011 This query is : Resolved
Not respoding on summon by court dully received and signed comes under which section of CIvil Law. Is it a negligence of court and law?
Pl. inform about section and code.

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Kiran Kumar (Expert) 22 October 2011
refusing to accept summons in a civil suit is not an outright offence.

the court will make efforts to bring the person to trial through alternative methods as provided in CPC.

and if after due service the person does not appear then the court will proceed exparte against the other party.

Nadeem Qureshi (Expert) 22 October 2011
Mr. Kiran is right

Shailesh Kr. Shah (Expert) 22 October 2011
Rightly opinioned by Shri Kiran Kumar.

prabhakar singh (Expert) 24 October 2011
When a defendant does not respond to a suit and flails to appear before court DESPITE SERVICE OF SUMMONS ON HIM, the court is to proceed exparte against him u/o9r6(1)(a)of CPC.