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2000 Supreme(HP) 58

High Court Of Himachal Pradesh
M.R.VERMA
MEGH RAM - Appellant
Versus
ONKAR CHAND - Respondent
RSA No. 236 of 1993
Decided On : 03/28/2000

Advocates Appeared:
For the Appellant:Mr. Bhupender Gupta, Sr. Advocate alongwith Mr. A.P.S. Jaswal, Advocate For the Respondents:M/s Ramakant Sharma and T.S. Chauhan, Advocates

Headnote:AMENDMENT OF WRITTEN STATEMENT - Amendment of written statement - Permanent Structure - Plea - What the defendant wants to add now by way of amendment of W.S. is that the licence can now not be revoked as it was given for raising permanent structure which is of estoppel against plaintiff - Thus, defence sought to be raised is of estoppel against plaintiff and licence having become irrevocable because of execution of permanent character after incurring expenses in executing such work Evidently, the plea sought to be raised does not displace basic defence as raised in W.S. - Sought to be amended - Held, amendment prayed, therefore, is necessary for determining real question of controversy between parties - Amendment of W.S. allowed subject to payment of costs - Civil Procedure Code, 1908, Order 6 Rule 17.

       AMENDMENT OF WRITTEN STATEMENT - Amendment of written statement - Same standard and principles which apply to amendment of plaint - Cannot be strictly applied to amendment of written statement - Amendment of W.S. is therefore, to be liberally considered keeping in view the conduct of defendant and the prejudice to plaintiff - It follows that amendment· of a W.S. seeking to add only new grounds of defence without displacing the complete basis of defence as in W.S. sought to be amended should be allowed.

JUDGMENT

M. R. Verma, J.: This second appeal has been preferred by the defendant-appellant (hereinafter referred to as the defendant) against the judgment and decree dated 28.5.1993 passed by the learned Addl. District Judge (I), Shimla, thereby affirming the judgment and decree passed by the learned Sub Judge, Rampur Bushahar, Distt. Shimla, decreeing the suit of the plaintiff-respondent (hereinafter referred to as the plaintiff") for mandatory injunction.

2. The facts of die matter, in brief, are that the plaintiff instituted a suit for mandatory injunction against the defendant directing him to withdraw himself alongwith his belongings and malva of the shed built on land comprising khewat No. l, khatauni No. l, Khasra No. 1326/191/1 measuring 5 biswas situate in village Khaneti Shilli Sadhoch, Teh. Kumarsain, Distt. Shimla (hereinafter referred to as the suit land) and to pay Rs.2000/- on account of losses and damages suffered form plaintiff. Case of the plaintiff, as made out in the plaint, is mat on being approached, the plaintiff granted licence to the defendant over the suit land permitting him to install sawing machine by providing a shed thereon for a period of 5 years. In lieu thereof, the defendant undertook to manage the entire adjoining land, house and orchard owned and possessed by the plaintiff situate in Bara Khaneti. It was agreed to between the parties that in case of defendant being negligent in the management of the plaintiffs aforesaid property, he would be liable to pay damages and losses suffered by the plaintiff and that the defendant would not get any adverse entries made regarding ownership and possession of the suit property. In the event of the defendants failure to perform his part of the contract, the plaintiff was entitled to revoke the licence after giving 15 days notice. In violation of the terms of the agreement, the defendant built two stalls over the suit land and also failed to look after the property of the plaintiff as agreed to, resulting in - damage to the grass and plants thereon. Consequently, plaintiff served the defendant with a notice terminating the licence and to pay damages. In reply, the defendant admitted the lapses on his part and promised to remit the amount of losses and damages suffered by the plaintiff and also agreed to vacate the suit property by 31.12.1983. However, the defendant failed to surrender the possession and to pay a sum of Rs.2000/- by way of damages as claimed, hence the present suit.

3. The defendant contested the suit In the written statement, he took preliminary objections that the suit for more mandatory injunction is not competent and that the suit is not properly valued for purposes of court fee and jurisdiction. On merits, it has been claimed that during the 5 years terms of licence, the defendant had been making improvements and development in the land and orchard of the plaintiff and has installed a sawing machinery and a shed after incurring huge expenses and that no damage has been caused to the plaintiff by the imputed negligence of the defendant. The claim of the plaintiff to get the possession of that suit property has been denied, as not being genuine. Liability to pay the damages has also- been denied.

4. On the pleadings of the parties, the learned trial Judge framed the following issues:

1. Whether the suit for more mandatory injunction is not maintainable as alleged ? OPD.

2. Whether the suit is properly valued for the purposes of court fee and jurisdiction ? OPP.

3. Whether the defendant is the licence of the suit land on the terms and conditions as alleged ? OPP.

4. Whether the defendant has not fulfilled the conditions as alleged, if so, its effect? OPP. I

5. Whether plaintiff is entitled to recover Rs.2000/- as alleged ? OPD.

6. Relief.

5. Vide judgment dated 26.9.1988, the trial Court decided issue Nos. 2,3 and 4 in favour of the plaintiff. Issue No. 1 was decided against the defendant and issue No. 5 was decided against the plaintiff and as





















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