Smt. Minakshi Seal v. Sri Swapan Kumar Mullick and Ors.
Case brief
What is this about?
Minakshi Seal v. Sri Swapan Kumar Mullick & Ors., C.O. 194 of 2024, decided 01.08.2025 (Hiranmay Bhattacharyya, J.). Keywords: Article 227 of the Constitution of India; Order 18 Rule 17 of the Code of Civil Procedure; application for recalling of witness; fill up lacuna in evidence; change specific answer given in cross examination; D.W.3 cross examination dated November 17, 2023 ('no one else will depose'); O.C. No. 26 of 2018; Judge-In-Charge, Bench IV, City Civil Court at Calcutta; extension of interim order; CAN 3 of 2025 earlier disposed by order dated 2nd May 2025; CAN 4 of 2025 disposed; no order as to costs; revisional application dismissed.
What did the court decide?
Recalling of a witness should not be permitted in order to fill up the lacuna in evidence; D.W.3, who was examined on dock, had admitted that no one else will depose in the suit.