In the High Court of Punjab and Haryana at Chandigarh Civil Revision No. 6952 of 2008 Date of decision: March 27, 2009 Om Parkash .. Petitioner Vs. Sukhdev Singh .. Respondent Coram: Hon'ble Mr. Justice A.N. Jindal Present: Mr. S.K. Singla, Advocate for the petitioner. Mr. Deepak Aggarwal, Advocate for the respondent. A.N. Jindal, J This petition is directed against the order dated 11.12.2008 (Annexure P-3) passed the Civil Judge (Jr. Division), Talwandi Sabo, whereby the court framed the additional issue in the following manner :- “Whether the plaintiff is doing money lending business without having a money lending licence? If so, its effect?OPD” It is the cardinal principle of law that the Court is to frame issues from the pleadings of the parties and the matter with regard to framing of issues is between the court and the file. If the court opted to frame the issue, then it could later on omit or add any issue at any time. Now the court has framed the issues on the basis of the specific plea in para No.9 of the preliminary objections of the written statement. The onus to prove this issue is upon the defendant and the plaintiff would still get the opportunity to rebut the evidence. As such, the impugned order lacks defect. Hence, the petition is dismissed. March 27, 2009 (A.N. Jindal) deepak Judge