Rs.25,00,000/- does not undergo any change and it remains unchanged even after allowing the proposed amendment. For instance, the original plaint states that in para-15 (a) under the head of ‘Special damages’, a sum of Rs.15,00,000/- was claimed and by the amendment, it is sought to be scaled down to Rs.8,00,000/-. In para-15 (b) under the head of ‘For future treatment as advised by doctors’ a sum of Rs.3,00,000/- was claimed towards further operation and artificial toes and skin gratification of chest walls and other places of body and by the amendment it is sought to be enhanced to Rs.8,00,000/-. Similarly in para-15 (c) an amount of Rs.3,00,000/- was claimed towards future loss of gains and it is now sought to be quantified at Rs.4,00,000/-. The claims under different heads at the time of filing of the plaint were perhaps made on presumptions and they are now sought to be appropriately amended in conformity with the evidence of doctor, adduced during the trial. Most importantly the total suit claim of Rs.25,00,000/- remains unchanged. The evidence in support of the proposed amendment is already adduced by the plaintiff and the defendants have already cross-examined the witnesses and thereby it is not as if that any fresh evidence is required to be adduced, if the said amendment is permitted. In fact, the learned counsel for the plaintiff categorically stated that no further evidence would be led by the plaintiff in support of the proposed amendment.
