Supreme Court · 1999 INSC 554 · Decided 13 December 1999
B.K.N. Pillai v. P. Pillai and ANR.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1999 INSC 554 · [1999] SUPP. 5 S.C.R. 271
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 7222/1999
- Decided
- 13 December 1999
- Bench
- S.P. KURDUKAR, R.P. SETHI (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- CPC
Headnote
B Civil Procedure Code, 1908-0rder 6 Rule 17-Pleadings-Amendment of-All amendments of pleadings should be allowed which are necessary for determination of the real controversies in the suit provided the proposed C amendment does not alter or substitute a new cause of action on t!ze basis of which Respondent/plaintiff filed suit against appellant/defendant seeking his eviction on the ground that he was a licensee. Appellant/defendant pleaded in D his written statement that he was not a licensee but a lessee, but after a prolonged delay he filed an application for amendment of the written
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