IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH ****

CR-3301-2026 Date of decision: 21.04.2026 Bodh Raj (since deceased) through LRs . . . . Petitioner Vs.

Matish Kumar and others . . . . Respondents ****

CORAM: HON’BLE MR JUSTICE DEEPAK GUPTA ****

Present: - Mr. Bhupinder Gupta and Mr. Rajat Sharma, Advocates, for the petitioner.

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DEEPAK GUPTA, J.

The present petition is directed against the order dated 05.03.2026 (Annexure P-16) passed by the learned Civil Judge (Senior Division), Pathankot, whereby the evidence of the plaintiff (petitioner herein) in Civil Suit No. CS-414- 2020 titled ‘Bodh Raj (through LRs) Vs. Matish Kumar’ in a suit for mandatory and permanent injunction, has been ordered to be closed.

2. Learned counsel for the petitioner has assailed the impugned order primarily on the ground that the learned trial Court failed to consider the application (Annexure P17) filed by the petitioner for summoning of witnesses. It is further submitted that the petitioner had already examined two witnesses, namely PW1-Yog Raj and PW2-Sudesh Kumari. While PW2-Sudesh Kumari has been duly cross-examined, the cross-examination of PW1-Yog Raj was still pending. It is contended that de