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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS
Abdul Quddhose, J
V. Selvam – Appellant
Versus
Nagaraji – Respondent
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| 1. factual background concerning the rejection of an application for additional written statement. (Para 1 , 2 , 3) |
| 2. the court's rationale that belated applications for additional pleadings at the trial stage are properly dismissed. (Para 4 , 5) |
ORDER
This civil revision petition has been filed, challenging the order dated 19.12.2025 passed by the Trial Court in I.A.No.5 of 2025 in O.S.No.119 of 2019, dismissing the petitioner’s application filed under Order 8 Rule 9 C.P.C., seeking leave of the Court to file additional written statement.
2. The petitioners are the defendants in the suit. During the trial stage and
the petitioners had filed the application in I.A.No. 5 of 2025 in O.S. No. 119 of 2019, seeking leave of the Court to file additional written statement. The same has been dismissed by the trial Court under the impugned order on the ground that the same has been filed belatedly, that is, at the evidence stage.
3. Admittedly, the application seeking leave of the Court to file additional written statement was filed by the petitioner only after the commencement of the trial. The plaintiff had completed his chief examination and only thereafter, I.A. No. 5 of
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