Bipin Chander Negi, Judge ( oral)

The present petition has been filed against the impugned order dated 24.05.2024, passed by the learned Civil Judge, Dalhousie, District Chamba, H.P., in Civil Suit No. 197 of 2021, titled Rakesh Plah Vs. Mahesh Raj, whereby an application filed under Order 17 Rule 1 read with Section 151 of the Code of Civil Procedure (CPC) by the present petitioner, seeking adjournment, has been disallowed and as a consequence whereof the right of the petitioner/plaintiff to lead the evidence has been closed.

2. Heard counsel for the parties and perused the pleadings and documents appended along with the present petition.

1 Whether the reporters of the local papers may be allowed to see the judgment?

3. From a perusal of the order-sheets, it is evident that on 01.03.2024, the present petitioner (plaintiff) a.nd one Ashok Plah had tendered their evidence by way of their afÏdavits as examination in chief. Learned counsel appearing on behalf of the present respondent had sought deferring of the cross-examination fof the aforesaid two individuals as copies of the evidence by way of afÏdavit had only been supplied on 01.03.2024 to the counsel.

4. In the aforesaid facts an