IN THE HIGH COURT OF HIMACHAL PRADESH, SHIMLA

CMPMO No. 471 of 2023

Reserved on : 05.12.2025

Decided on: 29.12.2025

Sh. Gaurav Sharma and another … Petitioners

Versus

M/s Durga and Sons … Respondent

Coram

Hon’ble Mr. Justice Ajay Mohan Goel, Judge.

Whether approved for reporting?1 Yes

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For the petitioners : Mr. Ankush Dass Sood, Senior

o Advocate with M/s Yudhvir Singh

Thakur and Rakesh Thakur,

C Advocates.

For the respondent : Mr. Vivek Thakur, Advocate.

Ajay Mohan Goel, Judge (Oral)

By way of this petition filed under Article 227 of the

Constitution of India, the petitioners/defendants have assailed order dated 09.06.2023, passed by the learned Trial Court, in terms whereof, an application filed under Order 18, Rule 3-A of the Code of Civil Procedure read with Section 151 thereof for the grant of

permission to the plaintiff to appear as a witness has been allowed.

2. Case of the petitioners is that the respondent/plaintiff has filed a civil suit, which is pending adjudication before the learned Trial Court. In terms of the averments made in the petition,

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

the su