Supreme Court of India

Shubhkaran Singh v. Abhayraj Singh & Ors.

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Reported as [2025] 6 S.C.R. 601
Bench J.B. Pardiwala and R. Mahadevan JJ.
Decided 4 May 2025

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What the Court ordered

We are of the opinion that if circumstances warrant, an opportunity to a party to re-call a witness for examining, cross-examining or re- examining can be granted by a Court in the exercise of its inherent jurisdiction under Section 151 C.P.C.

Judgment, page 4

From the headnote

Issue for Consideration Whether the petition filed by the petitioner herein u/Or.18 Rule 17, Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 was rightly rejected by the High Court. Headnotes† Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 – Or.18, r.17 – Court may recall and examine witness – Power under – Scope – High Court rejected the petition filed by the petitioner u/Or.18, r.17 – Correctness: Held: Power to recall and re-examine a witness is exclusively that of the court trying the suit – Parties to the suit cannot take any objection to the question asked nor can they be permitted to cross-examine any witness without the

Where later benches applied it

Of those, 1 mentioned

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