Sanjay Mehra v. Satish Kumar Arora

-1IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH (111-2) Date of Decision:-19.09.2025 Sanjay Mehra ......Petitioner

Versus

Satish Kumar Arora ......Respondent

CORAM:

HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE AMARINDER SINGH GREWAL ****

Present:

Mr. Raghav Soni, Advocate, for the petitioner.

Mr. Umesh Aggarwal, Advocate, for the respondent.

**** AMARINDER SINGH GREWAL, J. (Oral) 1.

The present civil petition has been instituted under Article 227 of the Constitution of India seeking setting aside of the impugned order dated 20.08.2025 (Annexure P-1) passed by the Court of Ms. Garima Gupta, Civil Judge (Junior Division), Amritsar, in Rent Petition No. RP150-2019 titled "Sanjay Mehra Vs. Satish Kumar Arora", whereby the evidence of the petitioner has been closed by order of the Court. 2.

Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner was not afforded adequate and reasonable opportunity to conclude evidence and closing of the same at this stage would result in grave prejudice to the petitioner's case. It is further submitted that the petitioner seeks only one

-2effective opportunity to conclude the evidence of the petitioner for the proper adjudication in the trial of the case. 3.

Notice of motion.

4.

Mr. Umesh Aggarwal, Advocate, accepts notice on behalf of the respondent and filed power of attorney, which is taken on record. He has vehemently opposed the prayer made by the learned counsel for the petitioner, contending that the petitioner failed to lead evidence despite being afforded several opportunities. Ultimately, he prays that the present revision petition be dismissed.

5.

I have heard learned counsel for the parties and perused the paper book.

6.

Having considered the submissions and perused the record, this Court is of the opinion that the learned Trial Court has adopted a rather strict approach in closing the evidence of petitioner at this stage. 7.

Accordingly, the present petition is allowed. The impugned order dated 20.08.2025 (Annexure P-1) passed by the learned Civil Judge (Junior Division), Amritsar is hereby set aside. The petitioner is hereby granted one effective opportunity to conclude his entire evidence, subject to payment of costs of Rs.5,000/- to be deposited by the petitioner within ten days in the following account:

Punjab State Legal Services Authority Disaster Relief Fund. Account No. 44426937384 IFSC SBIN0014656 Bank Name - State Bank of India, Sector 68, SAS Nagar. 8.

It is made clear that no further opportunity shall be granted

-3beyond the aforesaid one chance, and in case of failure, the Trial Court shall be at liberty to proceed further in accordance with law. 9.

All pending application(s), if any, stand disposed of accordingly.

(AMARINDER SINGH GREWAL) JUDGE 19.09.2025 Shubham Whether speaking/reasoned:- Yes/No Whether Reportable:- Yes/No