https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=427585 SC directions restricting the defendant's defence had to be implemented strictly, and the trial court could not use inherent powers to bypass that prohibition after the defendant failed to pay arrears. Reopening cross-examination and allowing the defendant to prove and exhibit defence documents would have indirectly permitted what had been expressly barred. The operative effect was confined to permitting the defendant to cross-examine the plaintiff on the plaintiff's documents, while excluding any enlargement of the defendant's curtailed defence rights. en-us Fri, 26 Aug 2022 00:00:00 +0530 Tue, 13 Sep 2022 06:47:30 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=427585 SC directions restricting the defendant's defence had to be implemented strictly, and the trial court could not use inherent powers to bypass that prohibition after the defendant failed to pay arrears. Reopening cross-examination and allowing the defendant to prove and exhibit defence documents would have indirectly permitted what had been expressly barred. The operative effect was confined to permitting the defendant to cross-examine the plaintiff on the plaintiff's documents, while excluding any enlargement of the defendant's curtailed defence rights. Case-Laws Indian Laws Fri, 26 Aug 2022 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=427585