IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Date of decision: 27.03.2026 Sudarshan Kumar ...Petitioner(s)

Vs.

Gurminder Dhaliwal and others ...Respondent(s)

CORAM: HON’BLE MS. JUSTICE NIDHI GUPTA Present:- Mr. Ashish Pal Kaushal, Advocate and Ms. Pallavi Bahre, Advocate for the petitioner.

Mr. Mansur Ali, Senior Advocate with Mr. Amit Choudhary, Mr. Kamaljeet Singh and Mr. Vaibhabh Garg, Advocates for respondents No.1 to 4.

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NIDHI GUPTA, J.

Present Civil Revision Petition under Article 227 of the Constitution of India has been filed by the petitioner/defendant No.1 seeking setting aside of the order dated 27.01.2026 (Annexure P-10) passed by Ld. Civil Judge (Jr. Divn.), Ludhiana; whereby application filed by the respondents/plaintiffs for reframing of issues, has been partly allowed and additional issue has been framed.

2. It is inter alia submitted by learned counsel for the petitioner that despite grant of numerous opportunities, plaintiffs/respondents had failed to lead any evidence. Consequentially, their evidence was closed by order vide order dated 17.11.2025, which order has attained finality. Now after evidence of the petitioner was also closed in affirmative, plainti