Supreme Court of India

Om Prakash Gupta v. Ranbir B. Goyal

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Reported as [2002] 1 S.C.R. 359
Bench R.C. Lahoti and Brijesh Kumar JJ.
Decided 18 January 2002

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For the foregoing reasons the appeal is held liable to be dismissed and is dismissed accordingly with costs throughout.

Judgment, page 11

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Code of Civil Procedure, 1908: Order 6, Rule 17-Subsequent events-Amendment of pleadings, to take cognizance of-Held, subsequent event may be one of change in law or founded on facts-Court may take judicial notice of the change in law and modify or mould the course of litigation or relief to bring it in conformity with /aw-­ Where party relies on subsequent event based on facts, it should seek amendment of pleadings and Court may permit such amendment-Jn the instant case, the subsequent event being a factual event, cannot be taken cognizance of as brought to notice of Court in accordance with

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