JUDGMENT

Neena Bansal Krishna, J.

I.A.14706/2022 (under Order VI Rule 17 read with Section 151 CPC on behalf of Defendant No.2 for Amendment of Written Statement)

1. An application has been filed on behalf of defendant No.2 for amendment of the Written Statement.

2. It is submitted in the application that defendant No.2 on account of his busy schedule as a professional Doctor, he was unable to consult his family lawyer who has now pointed out certain errors in the Written Statement, which need to be corrected.

3. It is submitted that the defendant intends to make an amendment in paragraph 1 of the Preliminary Objections to claim that he i.e. defendant No.2 has been unnecessarily made a party to the suit with no legal relief claimed against him except Prayer Clause III, wherein an alternative prayer has been made against him. The defendant No.2 wants to incorporate the plea of estoppel to assert that as the Consent Decree had been passed by this Court, it cannot be revoked after the lapse of seven years. Similar amendments are sought to be made in paragraph No.2, 3 and 4 of the Preliminary Objections to incorporate the details and the proceedings which took place prior to the bidding whi