IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Civil Revision No.2596 of 2010 (O&M) Date of Decision : 22.4.2010 Vishal Chhabra ...... Petitioner Versus Harkishan Lal ....Respondent CORAM : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE NAWAB SINGH Present:- Mr. R.K.Girdhar, Advocate, for the petitioner. NAWAB SINGH J.(ORAL) By filing the present revision petition, plaintiff has challenged two orders dated April 6th, 2009 (Annexure P/1) and February 15th, 2010 (Annexure P/2) passed by Additional Civil Judge (Senior Division), Jalalabad West, whereby plaintiff's evidence was closed and thereafter, application filed by him to allow him to lead the evidence was dismissed. 2. Learned counsel for the petitioner has contended that examination-in-chief of the plaintiff's witnesses has already been recorded and they are only to be cross-examined by the defendant. He be given one opportunity to produce the witnesses for cross- examination by the defendant, subject to payment of costs. The case before the trial Court is fixed for May 3rd, 2010 for defendant's evidence. 3. The policy of law is to admit than to shut the evidence. Since the plaintiff's witnesses have already been examined and they have only to be cross-examined by the defendant, grant of one opportunity to the petitioner for producing his witnesses for cross- examination by the defendant shall be in the interest of justice. Civil Revision No.2596 of 2010 -2- .. 4. Hence, the revision petition is accepted and the impugned orders are set-aside to the effect that the trial Court would grant one opportunity to the petitioner to produce his witnesses for cross-examination by the defendant, subject to the conditional costs of Rs.3,000/-. (Nawab Singh) Judge 22.4.2010 som