Anand Kumar Kutare v. Santu Ram Nirmal
Case brief
What is this about?
Amendment of plaint; Order 6 Rule 17 CPC; Section 151 CPC; belated amendment application at final-arguments stage; amendment not changing nature of suit; correction of western boundary; omission of 20 ft. path; cost of Rs. 2,000/- to defendant; no further adjournment; Civil Suit Class A/176/2016; First Civil Judge Senior Division Durg; registered sale-deed dated 29.03.2008; WP227 No. 117 of 2025; High Court of Chhattisgarh at Bilaspur; Justice Rakesh Mohan Pandey; decided 04/02/2025; writ petition allowed.
What did the court decide?
Writ petition allowed; the plaintiff's application under Order 6 Rule 17 read with Section 151 CPC to amend the plaint is permitted, subject to payment of Rs. 2,000/- as cost to the defendant; the petitioner may carry out the amendment on the next date of hearing, with no further adjournment if the matter is set for final argument.