IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH C.R.No.1286 of 2010 (O&M) Date of decision : 26.2.2010 Smt. Richa Goel ....Petitioner Versus Sunil Mittal ...Respondent CORAM : HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE MAHESH GROVER .... Present : Mr.Saurabh Arora, Advocate for the petitioner. ..... MAHESH GROVER, J. C.M.No.4830-CII of 2010 C.M. is allowed as prayed for. C.R.No.1286 of 2010 This petition has been filed impugning the order dated 25.1.2010 by which the amendment to the petition preferred by the respondent under the provisions of Section 13 of the Hindu Marriage Act has been allowed. Learned counsel for the petitioner states with reference to the impugned amendment that these facts were in the knowledge of the petitioner but they were not incorporated in the pleadings and therefore they cannot be permitted to be taken up as pleas by way of the amendment. I have heard the learned counsel for the petitioner and have C.R.No.1286 of 2010 (O&M) -2- perused the impugned order. The petition under Section 13 of the Hindu marriage Act for dissolution of marriage had been filed on the ground of cruelty. The instant amendment has been sought only to amplify the allegations already made in the petition. In any case the law for amendment of pleadings if very liberal so as to permit the parties to seek amendment to the pleadings if necessary cause is mentioned. Having regard to the aforesaid, and when the petition is at its threshold and the amendment has been sought merely to compliment the earlier allegations, I am of the opinion that no infirmity has been shown in the impugned order. Consequently, the petition being devoid of any merit is dismissed. 26.2.2010 (MAHESH GROVER) JUDGE dss