IN THE HIGH COURT OF HIMACHAL PRADESH, SHIMLA

Civil Revision No. 115 of 2025

Date of Decision: 01.01.2026

Dharam Singh .....Petitioner.

Versus

Parma Ram …..Respondent.

Coram

The Hon’ble Mr. Justice Bipin Chanderf Negi, Judge.

Whether approved for reporting?1

For the Petitioner: Mr. Ajay Sharma, Sr. Advocate with Mr.

Tarun Bra kta, Advocate.

For the Respondent: Mr. R.L. Chaudhary, Advocate.

Bipin Chanuder Negi, Judge

The present petition has been preferred against the

impugned order dated 03.06.2025, whereby an application filed under Order 7 Rule 14(3) read with Section 151 of the CPC for producing and tendering in evidence certified copies of jamabandis translated from Urdu to Hindi

regarding the suit land has been rejected.

2. Heard counsel for the parties and perused the impugned order and the documents appended along with

the petition.

3. The Jamabandis in Urdu are already on record. All translations thereof. The learned trial Court rejected the aforesaid application on the ground that the translation

1 Whether reporters of Local Papers may be allowed to see the judgment? Yes.

Other than the aforesaid, it has been mentioned in the impugned order that the same are sought to be prodPuced at the stage, when the matter is fixed for final arguments. Since there exist no cogent reasons for producing the same at such highly belated stage, therefore, the application has been rejected. Other than the oaforesaid, yet another reason cited for the rejection of the same is that filling up of lacunas is not permissible at such belated stage.

4. A similar question arose before a Coordinate Bench of this Court ino CMPMO No. 356 of 2023, wherein, after referring Cto the judgment of the Apex Court in Chandreshwar Bhuthnath Devasthan vs. Baboy Matiram Varenkar, (2018) 12 SCC 548, the Coordinate gBench held as follows:-

i “8. Therefore, it is evident from the judgment of the Hon’ble Supreme Court that in a case where a document already stands exhibited and a prayer is to place on record a translated copy thereof, there is no requirement of filing any application to place on record the translated version of the document and all that the Court has to ensure is that the translated version is the true translated version of the document concerned and for that purpose, as has been held by the Hon’ble Supreme Court also, opportunity should be given to both the parties to file translated version of the document and/or to agree on a correct translation filed by a party. Alternatively, the Court can also get the translation done on the expense of the party through the official Translator.”

5. In the aforesaid backdrop, Hindi translation .filed by the present petitioner before the learned trial Court are ordered to be taken on record and one reasonable opportunity be afforded to the otheor side to place on record the translated version of the jam abandis in question.

6. In the aforesaid terms, present petition stands disposed of, so also the pending miscellaneous applications(s), oif any.

PaCrties are directed to appear before the learned trial Court on 13.01.2026 (Bipin Chander Negi)

Judge

01^st January, 2026 H (Gaurav Rawat)