The Executive Engineers & Anr. v. Charanpreet Kaur & Ors.
Case brief
What is this about?
The High Court allowed an application for a stay and exemption to permit the petitioner, appearing as the defendant in the Trial Court, to lead defence evidence. The Court imposed a condition of payment of costs of Rs.25,000/- due to deliberate delay while noting the Department's negligence in closing plaintiff evidence earlier.
What did the court decide?
Permission granted to petitioner-defendant to lead evidence by filing affidavits of two witnesses upon payment of Rs.25,000 costs within two weeks.