Smt. Lachhan Bai v. Jugru Prasad
Writ petition under Article 227 of the Constitution of India – amendment of plaint under Order 6 Rule 17 CPC
Case brief
What is this about?
WP227 No. 320 of 2021 | High Court of Chhattisgarh at Bilaspur | decided 16/02/2026 | Sachin Singh Rajput, J. | Smt. Lachhan Bai & 6 ors. v. Jugru Prasad & 41 ors. and State of Chhattisgarh (through Collector, Bemetara) | Challenge under Article 227 to rejection of Order 6 Rule 17 CPC amendment application in Civil Suit No. 51-A/2019, 1st Civil Judge Class-II, Bemetara (order dt. 15.03.2021) | Amendment clarified that no registered/unregistered partition was executed by Bisesar, Bhuri Bai and others; recital already in plaint | Held: no prejudice to defendants as they may file consequential amendments; impugned order set aside, amendment allowed, writ petition allowed | Keywords: amendment of plaint, Order VI Rule 17, Article 227, partition recital, Bemetara.
What did the court decide?
Writ petition allowed; impugned order dated 15.03.2021 set aside; application under Order 6 Rule 17 of CPC for amendment of the plaint allowed; petitioners/plaintiffs at liberty to amend the plaint on a date to be fixed by the learned Civil Judge.