Supreme Court of India

M/s.bagai Construction Thr. its Proprietor Mr. Lalit Bagai v. M/s. Gupta Building Material Store

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Reported as [2013] 2 S.C.R. 116
Bench P. Sathasivam and Jagdish Singh Khehar JJ.
Decided 22 February 2013

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What the Court ordered

We are of the view that even by exercise of Section 151 of CPC, the plaintiff cannot be permitted.

Judgment, page 10

From the headnote

Code of Civil Procedure, 1908- Or. 7 r. 14 rlw s. 151 and c Or. 18 r. 17 rlw. s. 151 - Applications under - By the plaintiff - To place documents on record and to recall witness to prove those documents - Filed after the arguments were over and case was adjourned for judgment - Held: The power under Order 18 r. 17 has to be sparingly exercised and not as a 0 general rule to overcome lacunae in the plaint, pleadings and evidence - Therefore the applications are liable to be rejected - The plaintiff filed the applications to improve its case - The plaintiff did not file those documents at

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