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2000 Supreme(All) 218

HIGH COURT OF ALLAHABAD
S.P.Pandey
MOHAN LAL
Versus
DORI LAL
Decided On : 07 February 2000
Revision No. 10 of 1992-93

The proposed amendment should be allowed if it does not change the nature of the suit and promotes the ends of substantive natural justice.

Headnote:

Amendment Application - Revision under Section 333 of upza and LR Act - The court allowed the amendment application for the written statement, stating that the proposed amendment would not change the nature of the suit and would promote the ends of substantive natural justice.

Fact of the Case:

The revisionist filed an application for amendment in the written statement, which was rejected by the trial Court. The revisionist appealed the decision, and the Addl. Commissioner also dismissed the revision. The second revision was filed against this decision.

Finding of the Court:

The court found that the lower courts failed to properly analyze and consider the material and relevant facts and circumstances of the case. It concluded that the proposed amendment would not change the nature of the suit and should be allowed to promote the ends of substantive natural justice.

Issues: The issues involved the rejection of the amendment application by the trial Court and the Addl. Commissioner, and the contention that the nature of the suit would not be changed by the proposed amendment.

Ratio Decidendi: The court's decision was based on the finding that the lower courts did not properly consider the amendment application and that the proposed amendment would not change the nature of the suit, promoting the ends of substantive natural justice.

Final Decision: The revision was allowed, the impugned orders were set aside, and the matter was remanded to the trial Court for allowing the amendment application and deciding the case on merits.

S. P. PANDEY, J.

This is a revision under Section 333 of upza and LR Act. preferred against the judgment and order dated August 28, 1992, passed by the learned Addl. Commissioner, Moradabad Division, Moradabad arising out of an order dated 22-7-91 passed by the learned trial Court on the application for amendment moved by the revisionist.

2. Brief and relevant facts of the case are that during the proceedings of the case before the learned trial Court. An applica tion dated 12-10-89 for amendment in the written statement was moved. The learned trial Court by means of its order dated July 22, 1991 rejected the aforesaid applica tion. Aggrieved by this order a revision was preferred. The learned Addl. Com missioner dismissed the revision on August 28, 1992. Hence, this second revision.

3. I have heard the learned Counsel for the revisionist and perused the record on file. For the revisionist it was con tended that the learned Courts below have failed to exercise their jurisdiction in dis missing the amendment application of the revisionist that the nature of the suit was not going to be changed and as such the aforesaid application for amendment should be allowed, that the learned Courts below while considering the amendment sought by the party have no jurisdiction to enter into merit or the correctness or facts, * t ed in the amendment application, that the learned Addl. Commissioner without discussing the nature of the amendment sought by the revisionist illegally rejected the applications for amendment by means of his non-speaking order which deserves to be set aside. In support of his conten tion he has relied upon a case law reported in 1994 Supplementary RD page 267. None appeared for the OP despite due notice.

4. I have closely and carefully con sidered the contentions raised by the learned Counsel for the revisionist and have also gone through the relevant records on file. From a bare perusal of the records it is abundantly clear that the learned trial Court has not properly analysed discussed and considered the material and relevant facts and circumstances of this case and has rejected the aforesaid application for amendment by means of its cursory stipu lated order dated 22-7-91. The learned lower Revisional Court

has also not properly examined the matter in question in correct perspective of law and has dis missed the revision on 28- 8-92 without recording his independent finding on the matter in question.

5. Having scrutinized the matter in question, 1 find that by means of the proposed amendment the nature of the suit shall not be changed as such 1 see no reason to reject the aforesaid application for amendment. In order to promote the ends of the substantive natural justice and to facilitate to its course, it would be quite just and proper to allow the aforesaid ap plication for amendment to advance the natural justice between the parties.

6. In view of the discussions made hereinabove, I am of the view that this revision deserves to be allowed and the aforesaid impugned orders passed by the learned Courts below are liable to be set aside.

7. In consequence this revision is al lowed and the aforesaid impugned orders passed by the learned Courts below are hereby set aside and the matter in question is remanded to the learned trial Court for allowing the aforesaid application for amendment and to decide the case on merits in consonance with the provisions of law after affording due and reasonable opportunity of hearing and adducing the evidence in support of their claims to the parties concerned which are directed to appear before the aforesaid Court on 28-4-2000. Let the records be returned forthwith to the Court concerned. Stay order if any is hereby vacated.

Revision allowed


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