Civil Revision No. 6909 of 2011 (O&M) -1- IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Civil Revision No. 6909 of 2011 (O&M) Date of decision:- 11.11.2011 Gurtejpal Singh ...Petitioner Versus Amarpreet Kaur ...Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MS. JUSTICE RITU BAHRI Present:- Mr. A.S. Gill, Advocate for the petitioner. RITU BAHRI J.(Oral) Challenge is to the order dated 20.10.2011 passed by learned Civil Judge (Jr. Divn) Samrala whereby the evidence of the petitioner has been closed. Learned counsel for the petitioner inter alia contends that respondent on 09.10.2004 filed a petition for grant of maintenance under the provisions of Hindu Adoption and Maintenance Act @ ` 20,000/- per month by creating this maintenance amount as charge on the property of the petitioner. Issues were framed on 16.11.2004 and the case was fixed for the evidence of the respondent/petitioner for 16.12.2004. He has further submitted that respondent/petitioner took more than 6 years and 1 month to lead her evidence and ultimately closed her evidence on 15.02.2011 and the case was adjourned for petitioner/respondent evidence for 14.03.2011. He has further submited that respondent has taken 9 opportunities to conclude the evidence. However, learned Civil Judge (Jr. Divn) Samrala , vide impugned order dated 20.10.2011 has stated that RW1 not present for cross examination despite the fact that today was the last opportunity. Learned counsel for the petitioner has submitted that the Civil Revision No. 6909 of 2011 (O&M) -2- respondent has took more than 6 years to conclude her evidence but sufficient opportunity has not been given to the petitioner/respondent to lead his evidence. Learned counsel for the petitioner has then referred to Annexure P-4 and has submitted that on 20.10.2011, the mother of the petitioner became unwell and the petitioner had to stay with her and look after her, as such, he could not attend the Court on 20.10.2011 and could not be cross-examined In view of the above, order dated 20.10.2011 passed by learned Civil Judge (Jr. Divn) Samrala is set aside and trial Court is directed to grant one more opportunity to petitioner/respondent to complete his evidence Accordingly, civil revision is allowed with costs of ` 2,000/-. November 11, 2011 ( RITU BAHRI ) G.Arora JUDGE