IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH. C.R. No. 3364 of 2011 Date of decision: 20.5.2011 Managing Director,Bridgestone India (P) Ltd. nd another … Petitioners versus M/s R.S.Tyres Traders, Karnal … Respondent CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE ARVIND KUMAR Present: Mr. Pawan Gaur, Advocate, for the petitioner ... ARVIND KUMAR, J: The present petitioners are the defendants in the suit for rendition of accounts with consequential relief of mandatory injunction, titled M/s R.S.Tyres Traders, Karnal, v. Managing Director, Bridgestone India Private Limited and another. They are aggrieved with order dated 5.4.2011 by virtue of which defendants’ evidence has been closed by order of the Court. Heard. The impugned order indicates that the defendants have not concluded their evidence despite having availed four opportunities. Counsel for the petitioners, in all fairness, seeks only one opportunity that too subject to payment of costs to the other party. It has been pointed out that on that date, i.e. when the impugned order was passed, one witness was examined but the other could not be examined due to family problem which was apprised to the Court but not accepted. Rules and procedure are hand-maid of justice and are meant to enhance it and not to scuttle the same. Accordingly, the revision petition is allowed, the impugned order is set aside and the trial Court is directed to afford one effective opportunity to the defendants to conclude their evidence. The order passed is, however, subject to payment of costs of Rs.10,000/- to be paid by the petitioner-defendants to the opposite side C.R. No. 3364 of 2011 -2- before the trial Court. Keeping in view the circumstances mentioned above, this revision is being disposed of without issuing any notice to the opposite party. If the respondent is summoned to contest this litigation, it will have to incur huge expenses to defend this case. However, liberty is granted to the respondent that if it feels dissatisfied with this order, it may move an application to recall the same. The revision petition stands disposed of accordingly. May 20, 2011 ( ARVIND KUMAR ) JS JUDGE