Kashim Ahmed v. Harish Kumar
Case brief
What is this about?
Delhi High Court, CM(M) 146/2025, decided 01.04.2026, Rajneesh Kumar Gupta J. (oral order). Article 227 petition by defendant Kashim Ahmed against Trial Court order dated 16.12.2024 in CS (COMM.) No. 163/2023 dismissing his Order XI Rule 5 CPC application seeking directions to plaintiff Harish Kumar to produce statement of account; impugned order text also references application u/o 11, Rule 1(3) CPC. Held: application lacking merit as filed after conclusion of plaintiff's evidence, no question put in cross-examination to produce the document, moved only to delay; no infirmity in impugned order; petition dismissed; pending applications disposed.
What did the court decide?
This Court found no merit in the application seeking production of documents: having been filed after the evidence of the plaintiff already stood concluded, no question was put to the plaintiff during cross-examination to produce the said document, and it had been moved only to delay the final disposal of the case.