IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH (119)

Date of Decision:-02.02.2026 Lavish and Another ……Petitioner Versus Baljit Singh ……Respondents CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE AMARINDER SINGH GREWAL ****

Present: Mr. Gaurav Grover, Advocate, and Ms. Charu Sharma, Advocate, and Ms. Aditi Sharma, Advocate, for the petitioner.

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AMARINDER SINGH GREWAL, J. (Oral)

1. The present petition has been filed under Article 227 of the Constitution of India for setting aside the impugned order dated 23.08.2024 (Annexure P-2), passed by the learned Civil Judge (Junior Division), Patiala, whereby the evidence of the plaintiff was closed by Court order; as well as the order dated 09.07.2025 (Annexure P-4), whereby the application for re-opening of the plaintiff’s evidence on medical grounds was dismissed; and the order dated 01.10.2025 (Annexure P-5), whereby the cross-examination of DW-1 was closed.

2. Briefly, the facts are that the petitioners’ case has been pending before learned trial Court for 12.02.2026. Vide order dated

23.08.2024, learned trial Court closed the evidence of plaintiff by court order and fixed for 11.09.2024 for evidence of defendants. That the learned trial Court had also