CR No. 3518 of 2010 -1- IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH CR No. 3518 of 2010 Date of decision:- 31.8.2010 Jatinder Kaur ......petitioner vs. ICICI Bank and others ......respondents CORAM:- HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE HEMANT GUPTA Present: - Mr. Chander Shekhar Sharma, Advocate for the petitioner Mr. R.M.Suri, Advoate for respondent No.1. Mr. Kamal Mor, Advocate for Mr. J.S. Mor, Advocate for respondents No 2 and 3. HEMANT GUPTA, J (ORAL) Challenge in the present petition is to the order passed by learned trial Court on 31.3.2010 whereby an application for amendment of the cause title of the suit was declined. It is the case of the petitioner that defendant No. 1 was impleaded as ICICI Bank but in fact it should have been ICICI Prudential Life Insurance Company Limited. The learned trial Court has failed to carry out the judicial discretion while declining the amendment. The amendment in the plaint so as to correct the name of the defendant No. 1. It does not change the nature of the suit. The incorrect description of the defendant is only on account of an inadvertent mistake. The approach of learned trial Court while declining CR No. 3518 of 2010 -2- the amendment is wholly unjustified and untenable. Consequently, the order passed by learned trial Court is set aside. The plaintiff-petitioner is permitted to amend the title of the plaint. Revision petition and application for amendment of cause title of the suit allowed as prayed for. (HEMANT GUPTA) JUDGE 31.8.2010 preeti