P.Sivasubramaniam alias Sivasubramaniam and another v. Nakkheeran Gopal
Case brief
What is this about?
Madras High Court Commercial Division order, 02.06.2025, by Justice Senthilkumar Ramamoorthy: A.No.980 of 2025 in C.S.(Comm.Div.) No.50 of 2021. Keywords: leave to file additional documents; late/belated production of documents; examination of D.W.1 in progress; delay justified by plaintiff (former employer) erroneously recording defendant's date of birth in EPF account; EPF account accessible only from 2023; reasonable cause shown; application allowed subject to plaintiff-respondent (Nakkheeran Gopal) filing affidavit of admission/denial; objections reserved on admissibility, relevance and proof at trial; costs requested by respondent's counsel (S.Rajendra Kumar for applicants; Ali Hassankhan for respondent) not imposed in the order.
What did the court decide?
Leave granted to the first defendant to file the two additional documents described in the affidavit, subject to the respondent / plaintiff's right to file an affidavit of admission / denial and to raise objections (including on admissibility, relevance and proof) during trial; no costs were recorded as imposed despite counsel's request.