Supreme Court of India

Vidyabai & Ors. v. Padmalatha & Anr.

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Reported as [2008] 17 S.C.R. 505

Bench S.B. Sinha and Cyriac Joseph JJ.

Decided 12 December 2008

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Code of Civil Procedure: Or.6 r.17 and its proviso - Amendment of written statement, after issues framed and affidavits by way of evidence filed by parties - Permissibility of - Held: On facts, not permissible - Filing of affidavit in lieu of examination-in chief of witness would amount to commencement of trial/ proceedings - Defendants failed to prove that inspite of due diligence, the parties could not raise the matter before o commencement of trial. The plaintiffs-appellants filed a suit for specific performance of an agreement of sale. written statement was filed in April, 2004. The

Authorities it was built on

2005 Kailash v. Nanhku and Ors. cited by 38

Where later benches applied it

2012 J. Samuel and Others v. Gattu Mahesh and Others relied on
2024 Basavaraj v. Indira and Others referred to
2021 Nitaben Dinesh Patel v. Dinesh Dahyabhai Patel referred to
2017 Mohinder Kumar Mehra v. Roop Rani Mehra & Ors. mentioned
2009 P.A. Jayalakshmi v. H. Saradha and Ors. mentioned

Of those, 1 relied on · 2 referred to · 2 mentioned

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