IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH (105)

Date of Decision:-25.02.2026 SUSHMA LATA … Petitioner Versus LUDHIANA IMPROVEMENT TRUST AND ANOTHER ....Respondents -.-

CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE VIRINDER AGGARWAL Present: Mr. S.S. Panag, Advocate, for the petitioner.

Mr. K.S. Dadwal, Advocate, with Mr. Manish Dadwal, Advocate, for respondent No.1.

Mr. Rakesh Gupta, Advocate, for respondent No.2.

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VIRINDER AGGARWAL , J . (Oral)

1. This Civil Revision Petition has been filed assailing the order dated 02.12.2025, vide which, the evidence of the petitioner was closed by order.

2. Briefly stated, earlier evidence of the petitioner was closed by order by the learned Civil Judge on 14.10.2025 and that order was assailed in Civil Revision No.8020 of 2025. This Court allowed the revision petition vide order dated 10.11.2025, whereby, the learned Civil Judge was directed to grant one effective opportunity to the petitioner to produce PW4-Baljinder Kumar Sharma for cross-examination. The learned Civil Judge issued summons to the witness for 02.12.2025 and on 02.12.2025, in spite of due service, witness did not turn up and trial Court instead of using coercive methods to procure the pr