In the course of the arguments, the party-in-person would submit that originally he had engaged the counsels, who had not taken out the defence, but after he had sought permission to appear as partyin-person, the covid lock down had stepped in and that, he has taken out this application immediately after the lock down was lifted. He would submit that the person, who originally filed the suit, by name, Abdul Haq was just 22 years of age on the date of institution of suit and therefore, he could not have any personal knowledge about the contents of the affidavit relating to the periods 1999-2000 during which time, the earlier power of attorney would have been hardly 18 years old and could not have been employed at Singapore. The second defence that has been taken is that the first defendant had received 23.30 kilograms of gold from the second defendant, which was recorded by the XI Magistrate Court, Saidapet, Chennai, which was not referred to in the plaint and that apart, during the arguments in A.No.3187 of 2022, the plaintiff had stated that he was not a party to the proceedings in C.S.No.280 of 2004, which is contrary to his
