Smt Erakka v. R Sathyanarayanappa
Case brief
What is this about?
Post-trial amendment of plaint refused — Order VI Rule 17 CPC application (I.A.No.XIII in O.S.No.78/2017, Additional Civil Judge and JMFC, Pavagada) to delete adverse-possession prayer and substitute specific performance based on agreement of sale dated 19.04.1989 / registered sale deed dated 12.02.1997, moved in 2022 after conclusion of trial; no due-diligence explanation in supporting affidavit; nature of suit would change; Article 227 writ dismissed. Keywords: amendment of plaint; Order VI Rule 17 of CPC; Order 6 Rule 17; post-conclusion-of-trial amendment; due diligence; adverse possession; specific performance of contract; O.S.No.78/2017; WP No. 19894 of 2022 (GM-CPC); NC: 2026:KHC:20625; High Court of Karnataka at Bengaluru; Vijaykumar A. Patil J.; decided 16.04.2026.
What did the court decide?
The amendment application filed in 2022 after conclusion of the trial was rightly refused because the affidavit accompanying it did not indicate due diligence as to why the substituted relief was not prayed for when the suit was filed in 2017; it was not a fit case to allow the amendment.