way of defence to set off or counter-claim shall be presented except by the leave of the Court. Though, however, the Court may at any time require a written statement or additional written statement. 10. In Anant Construction (P) Ltd. v. Ram Niwas8, High Court of Delhi, in an exhaustive judgment authored by R. C. Lahoti, J, as His Lordship then was, dealt with the terms ‘Replication’ and ‘Rejoinder’, as is commonly used for 8 1994 (31) DRJ 205 = 1994 SCC OnLine Del 615 Civil Appeal No. ____ of 2024 Page 9 of 30subsequent pleadings, as also as to when leave for filing subsequent pleading may be granted by the Court. After referring to various legal texts including Corpus Juris Secundum, it was observed: “12. A more detailed rather exhaustive statement of law is to be found in CORPUS JURIS SECUNDUM. It would be useful to extract and reproduce the following paragraphs: “A reply or replication is purely a defensive pleading, the office or function of which is to deny, or allege facts in