Supreme Court · 2013 INSC 123 · Decided 22 February 2013

M/S.BAGAI Construction THR. Its Proprietor MR. Lalit Bagai v. M/S. Gupta Building Material Store

Court: Supreme Court of India
Citation: 2013 INSC 123 · [2013] 2 S.C.R. 179
Case number: CIVIL APPEAL No. 1787/2013
Decided: 22 February 2013
Bench: P. SATHASIVAM, J.S. KHEHAR (2-judge bench)
Outcome: Appeal(s) allowed
Case type: Civil
Acts & sections cited: CPC Section 151

Headnote

Code of Civil Procedure, 1908- Or. 7 r. 14 rlw s. 151 and c Or. 18 r. 17 rlw. s. 151 - Applications under - By the plaintiff - To place documents on record and to recall witness to prove those documents - Filed after the arguments were over and case - Held: The power under Order 18 r. 17 has to be sparingly exercised and not as a 0 general rule to overcome lacunae in the plaint, pleadings and evidence - Therefore the applications are liable to be rejected - The plaintiff filed the applications to improve its case - The plaintiff did not

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