BISWAROOP CHOWDHURY
Rina Mukherjee – Appellant
Versus
Sanat Chandra Datta – Respondent
JUDGMENT :
Biswaroop Chowdhury, J.
1. The petitioners before this Court are the plaintiffs/Landlords in a suit for eviction and appellants in the appeal being Title Appeal No. 84 of 2013 and respondents in Title Appeal No. 85 of 2013 pending before Learned Civil Judge (Senior Division) 2nd Court Howrah both being heard analogously arising out of decree passed in T.S. No – 219/2004 passed by Learned 1st Court of Civil Judge (Junior Division) at Howrah. The petitioners being aggrieved by the Order dated 27-07-2022 passed by the Learned Appellate Court in rejecting the application under Order VI Rule 17 CPC have come up before this Court with the instant application.
2. The case of the petitioners before the Learned Appellate Court may be summed up thus:
B.K. N. Pillai Vs. P. Pillai and another AIR 2000 SC 614 at Page 616
Jai Jai Ram Manohar Lal vs. National Building Material Supply, Gurgaon
The duty of the advocate to obtain relevant instructions and the need to avoid penalizing litigants for unintentional omissions.
An amendment to a plaint to include an additional ground for eviction in a pending suit is permissible if it does not change the nature and character of the suit, introduce a new cause of action, or ....
Amendments to pleadings under Order 6 Rule 17 CPC are permissible if they do not change the fundamental character of the suit and aim to avoid multiplicity of proceedings.
Tenancy rights persist despite property destruction; claims of tenancy surrender require substantial proof, as verbal agreements are recognized under law.
Amendments to written statements after commencement of trial require stringent adherence to procedural rules, especially regarding justification for delay and ensuring no change in the nature of the ....
Amendment of Written Statement – Inordinate delay in filing application for amendment of written statement cannot be allowed.
Amendment may be justifiably allowed where it is intended to rectify absence of material relevant in plaint.
Categorical admission made in the pleadings cannot be permitted to be withdrawn by way of an amendment.
Point of Law : Order 6 Rule 17 of the Code of Civil Procedure deals with amendment of pleadings which provides that the court may at any stage of the proceedings allow either party to alter or amend ....
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