https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=198810 An amendment to a written statement after commencement of trial is not permitted under the proviso to Order VI Rule 17 CPC unless the applicant specifically shows that, despite due diligence, the matter could not have been raised earlier. The Court treated trial as having commenced when the suit was set down for recording of evidence. Because the proposed pleas were already within the applicants' knowledge, the application contained no clear explanation for the delay, and the amendment would have introduced a new and inconsistent defence at a late stage, the request was rejected as prejudicial to the opposite party. en-us Fri, 08 Dec 2006 00:00:00 +0530 Fri, 09 Feb 2018 16:04:57 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=198810 An amendment to a written statement after commencement of trial is not permitted under the proviso to Order VI Rule 17 CPC unless the applicant specifically shows that, despite due diligence, the matter could not have been raised earlier. The Court treated trial as having commenced when the suit was set down for recording of evidence. Because the proposed pleas were already within the applicants' knowledge, the application contained no clear explanation for the delay, and the amendment would have introduced a new and inconsistent defence at a late stage, the request was rejected as prejudicial to the opposite party. Case-Laws Indian Laws Fri, 08 Dec 2006 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=198810