THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE P.SAM KOSHY CIVIL REVISION PETITION NO.3805 OF 2025

ORDER

1. The instant Civil Revision Petition has been filed assailing the order dated 03.09.2025 passed by the XXV Additional Chief Judge, City Civil Court, Hyderabad (hereinafter referred to as “the Trial Court”) in I.A.No.415 of 2023 in O.S. No. 658 of 2016. 2. By the impugned docket order, the Trial Court allowed the petition filed by the respondent/plaintiff seeking permission to record her evidence as PW.1 through online mode by using video-conference facilities and, for that purpose, to appoint an Advocate Commissioner.

3. The Trial Court accordingly allowed the application and appointed an Advocate Commissioner to record the evidence of PW.1, directing that the plaintiff shall pay the Commissioner’s fee. This order is now under challenge.

4. The objections raised by the petitioners/defendants are primarily that (i) the affidavit seeking permission to record the evidence of PW.1 online was sworn to by the counsel for the plaintiff, (ii) the request for recording evidence through online mode was not in accordance with the guidelines framed by the High Court, and (iii) the grounds for such request were