Civil Revision No.5102 of 2008 (O&M) [ 1 ] IN THE HIGH COURT FOR THE STATES OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH ... Civil Revision No.5102 of 2008 (O&M) Decided on : July 15, 2009 Kala Singh ... Petitioner VERSUS Ram Murti and others ... Respondents CORAM : HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE A.N.JINDAL Present: Mr.R.K.Aggarwal, Advocate for the petitioner. Mr.J.S.Puri, Advocate for the respondents. A.N.JINDAL, J.- This petition is directed against the order dated 13.9.2008 passed by Civil Judge (Jr.Divn.), Nabha, dismissing the application of the defendant – petitioner Kala Singh (herein referred as the defendant) for amendment of the written statement. The factual background of the case is that the plaintiff – respondent (herein referred as the plaintiff) filed a suit for joint possession, while claiming inheritance of Bhag Singh son of Ram Dass. To the contrary, the defendants No.1 and 2 in their written statement set up a Will executed by Bhag Singh in their favour. However, in order to elaborate and support the contents of the Will, the defendants intended to incorporate Civil Revision No.5102 of 2008 (O&M) [ 2 ] certain facts qua which they have already taken the plea that an amount of Rs.3 lacs was spent by defendant No.1 – petitioner on the marriage of the plaintiff. Heard. Notwithstanding the fact that the application had been filed after some delay, yet since the facts which do not give rise to any further issues and are being incorporated to elucidate the earlier pleas, the amendment cannot be declined. In the aforesaid view of the matter, this petition is allowed and it is directed that the amended written statement of the defendant – petitioner be taken on record, subject to payment of Rs.5,000/- as costs. ( A.N.JINDAL ) JUDGE July 15, 2009 `gian'