March 22, 2013

High Court cannot permit filing of new documents after hearing arguments and reserving judgement

It has been found that in many cases, after hearing arguments, Judge reserves judgements and permits counsels to file written submissions.

Sometimes, this system is misused and counsels file new facts, new evidence, which is unfair to other parties.

Supreme Court Case: Bengal Const v. Gupta Bldg case reported in Judgement Today 2013 (3) SC 192 Supreme Court dated 22.2.2013