121 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Date of Decision:03.02.2026 BALWINDER SINGH ...Petitioner Vs.

PARGAT SINGH AND OTHERS ...Respondents CORAM:- HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE VIRINDER AGGARWAL Present: Mr. Gaurav Datta, Advocate Mr. Abhishek Sharma, Advocate and Mr. Raghav Grover, Advocate for the petitioner.

VIRINDER AGGARWAL , J. (Oral)

1. The present petition has been filed under Article 227 of the Constitution of India, praying for setting aside the impugned order dated 06.12.2025 (Annexure P-7) passed by the learned Additional Civil Judge (Senior Division), Shaheed Bhagat Singh Nagar, whereby the application (Annexure P-5) filed by Respondent-Defendant No. 1 for recalling PW-1, Balwinder Singh (petitioner), for further cross-examination, was allowed. The order has been assailed on the ground that the discretion vested in the Court was exercised in an arbitrary and unjustified manner.

2. The learned Court, while allowing the application, referred to the judgment of the Hon’ble Supreme Court cited by the counsel for the petitioner in Shubhkaran Singh v. Abhayraj Singh and Others, 2025 (2) RCR (Civil) 775, decided on 05.05.2025. The reasoning given in the said judgment ha