JUDGEMENT
SOUMEN SEN, J. -
(1.) THIS revisional application is arising out of an order
passed in connection with the petition filed by the opposite parties under Section
151 of the Civil Procedure Code for expunging the exhibit no.1 being the alleged agreements dated 26th May, 2002 and for recalling of the order of 2nd August,
2011 by which the plaintiffs were permitted to exhibit the said document. The ground for expunging the said exhibit is that notwithstanding an order dated 2nd
April, 2007 by which the said document was impounded and the plaintiffs were
directed to deposit the maximum stamp duty and penalty, the plaintiffs without
complying with the said direction and without even brought to the notice of the
learned trial Judge that on an earlier occasion such document was directed to be
impounded, the said document was taken on record and marked as an exhibit by
taking advantage of the absence of the defendant.
(2.) THE said proceeding was preceded by an application filed by the plaintiff for recalling of witness. The petition apparently would appear to be very innocuous
and contains only three paragraphs which states that the petitioners earlier had
filed few documents during evidence but due to inadvertence, those documents
were not marked as exhibits and, accordingly, the plaintiffs might be permitted to
recall its witness for the purpose of marking the said documents as exhibits. The
said application was filed on 11th April, 2011.
In the meantime, this revisional application was filed against the order dated 2nd April, 2007.
(3.) THE application for recalling of witness for the purpose of marking document as exhibits is silent about the order dated 2nd April, 2007 and it gives
an impression that the plaintiffs for the purpose of marking other documents as
exhibits require recalling of witness. It is a fact that the order of 2nd April, 2007
was not brought to the attention of the learned trial Judge when the said
document was marked as an exhibit at the instance of the plaintiffs
and in absence of the defendants. In fact, the defendant prayed for adjournment
on the ground that the defendant would prefer a revision against the order dated
25th July, 2011, by which the witness was allowed to be recalled and, accordingly, the defendant did not participate in the said proceeding when the
said document was marked as an exhibit.;
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