ALKA SARIN
Zenith Cycle Company – Appellant
Versus
Cosco India Ltd. – Respondent
JUDGMENT
Alka Sarin, J. (Oral) - The present revision petition has been filed under Article 227 of the Constitution of India challenging the order dated 08.12.2022 (Annexure P-1) whereby the application filed by the defendant-petitioner under Order XVIII Rule 17 read with Section 151 of the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 for recalling PW-1, Sh. Rakesh Khurana, has been dismissed.
2. The brief facts relevant to the present lis are that a suit for recovery of Rs.10,38,400/- along with interest was filed by the plaintiffrespondent on 27.02.2015. The defence of the defendant-petitioner herein was struck off vide order dated 10.01.2017. The application for recalling the order dated 10.01.2017 was also dismissed vide order dated 30.01.2017. A Civil revision was filed in this Court being CR-2729-2017 by the defendantpetitioner challenging the order dated 30.01.2017. Vide order dated 07.02.2019 the said revision petition was permitted to be withdrawn with liberty to incorporate a challenge to order dated 10.01.2017. In the meanwhile, the plaintiff-respondent led it's evidence. The cross-examination of PW1, Rakesh Khurana, was partly done on 05.12.2018 and was further deferred on the request o
The main legal point established in the judgment is that an application to recall witnesses for cross-examination must be supported by valid reasons and cannot be allowed if it is an abuse of the pro....
The provision under Order 18 Rule 17 CPC is not intended to fill up lacunae, and repeated applications for recall of the same witness for further cross-examination would not be maintainable.
The power to recall a witness under Order 18 Rule 17 CPC is intended to clarify doubts and not to fill omissions in evidence or to allow for further elaboration on left-out issues.
The court emphasized that powers under Order 18, Rule 17 CPC cannot be used to fill omissions in previously recorded witness evidence, reaffirming its intended use for clarification only.
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