Harish Shyamsundar Wadhokar v. Shri Gajanan Maharaj Sansthan, Thr. Managing Trustee - Nilkanth S. Patil and Others
Case brief
What is this about?
Amendment of written statement; Order VI Rule 17 proviso CPC; post-commencement-of-trial amendment; comparative hardship; Section 16(2) Maharashtra Rent Control Act 1999; due diligence; eviction suit under Section 16(1)(c)(g); Shri Gajanan Maharaj Sansthan, Shegaon; leave and license agreement 28.06.2011; Article 227 supervision; writ petitions dismissed, no costs. Precedents: State of Bihar v. Modern Tent House (2017) 8 SCC 567 (distinguished); Baldev Singh v. Manohar Singh (2006) 6 SCC 498 (distinguished); Noor Kabirdin Meghani v. Sanjeev Manuel D’Souza 2021(5) Mh.L.J. 594 (referred).
What did the court decide?
The amendment application (Exhibit 212) was filed after commencement of trial amid the plaintiff's evidence; the comparative-hardship contentions relate to the settled legal position under Section 16(2) of the Act of 1999 rather than any subsequent events, and the defendant, having not incorporated them in the earlier amendment applications (Exhibits 59 and 62), failed to exercise due diligence.