Amendment in 1997 Plaint Permitted, Proviso to Order VI Rule 17 CPC Not Applicable to Pre-2002 Suits: Allahabad High Court

The Allahabad High Court recently allowed an amendment application in a civil suit that had originally been filed in the year 1997. The Court clarified that the amended proviso to Order VI Rule 17 Code of Civil Procedure, which restricts amendment of pleadings after the commencement of trial, was introduced in 2002 and therefore cannot apply to suits instituted before that amendment. The decision was delivered by Justice Manish Kumar…