Item No. 2

15.12.2025 Court. No. 6 GB C.O. 3042 of 2025 Smt. Chhabi Bhattacharjee Vs.

Smt. Kakali Mukherjee & Ors.

Mr. Siva Prasad Ghose … for the Petitioner.

Mr. Sovan Mukherjee … for the Opposite Parties.

1. This revisional application arises out of an order dated July 22, 2025, passed by the learned Civil Judge (Junior Division), Additional Court at Sealdah in Title Suit No.707 of 2016.

2. By the order impugned, the learned court allowed an application under Order 18 Rule 17 of the Code of Civil Procedure upon payment of cost of Rs.2,000/-. Although, the learned court was of the view that the document sought to be produced could have been exhibited earlier as the same was within the knowledge of the P.W.1, Gopa Das, before commencement of trial, the same was sought to be produced only when in the cross-examination the tenant had uttered a statement that Gopa Das and Kakali Mukherjee were living in the said premises, but in a different mess. The learned court was of the view that changed circumstances necessitated marking of the Gas Consumer Book as an exhibit.

3. Mr. Ghose, learned advocate for the petitioner/tenant submits that the application under Order 18 Rule 17 of the Code of Civ