IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Civil Revision No.5020 of 2010 Date of Decision: 11.08.2010 Ashok and another ........Petitioners Versus Mrs. Ramani Gupta .......Respondent CORAM:- HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE ALOK SINGH Present: Mr. K.S.Malik, Advocate for the petitioners. ****** ALOK SINGH, J. (ORAL) Present petition is filed challenging the order dated 06.08.2010 whereby the learned trial Court closed the evidence of the defendant. Learned counsel for the petitioners-defendants states that in the interest of justice, as a last chance, one opportunity should be granted to defendant to produce the entire evidence. Learned counsel for the petitioners further states that now the case is fixed for 18.08.2010 for arguments and on 18.08.2010 or any other date fixed by the trial Court, defendant shall produce entire witnesses. In the peculiar facts and circumstances of the case, this Court is of the opinion that as a last opportunity, one chance should be granted to petitioners-defendant to produce all the witnesses. Present petition is allowed. Defendants (petitioners herein) shall produce his all witnesses before the trial Court on 18.08.2010 or on any such subsequent date as fixed by the trial Court. It is made clear that if defendant fails to produce entire witnesses before the trial Court on 18.08.2010 or on any subsequent date as fixed by the trial Court, his evidence shall be closed. If defendant produces all the witnesses then all the witnesses shall be cross-examined in accordance with law on day to Civil Revision No.5020 of 2010 -2- day basis or on any date fixed by the trial Court as fixed by the learned trial Court. It is made clear that if respondent feels aggrieved from this order, he shall be at liberty to move for recall with an advance copy to learned counsel for the petitioners. Petitioners are directed to produce certified copy of this order before the trial Court with advance copy to the learned counsel for the respondent appearing before the trial Court before the next date fixed i.e. 18.08.2010 enabling the trial Court to fix any date for production of the witnesses. In view of above observations, present petition stands disposed of. August 11, 2010 (ALOK SINGH) Gagan JUDGE