IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Date of Decision:24.02.2025 SHRIMONI GURUDWARA PABANDHAK COMMITTEE ... Petitioner V/S JARNAIL SINGH AND ORS .... Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SUVIR SEHGAL Present: Mr. Sandeep Bansal, Advocate for the petitioner.

Mr. Naveen Batra, Advocate for the respondents.

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SUVIR SEHGAL, J. (ORAL)

1. Challenge in the instant revision petition filed under Article 227 of the Constitution of India is to order dated 08.08.2014, Annexure P-3, passed on an application filed by the petitioner-defendant for expunging the rebuttal evidence led by the respondents-plaintiffs, has been declined.

2. Mr. Sandeep Bansal, counsel for the petitioner has argued that after having closed their evidence in the affirmative, plaintiffs cannot be permitted to produce witnesses in the garb of rebuttal evidence. He asserts that the plaintiffs can be permitted to lead evidence in rebuttal only on the issues in which the burden of proof is on the defendant, unless the plaintiffs specifically reserved their right to do so. He has placed reliance upon the Division Bench judgments of this Court in:

(i) Surjit Singh and others Versus Jagtar Singh and others, 2007(1)