No Vested Right to Produce Additional Evidence at Appellate Stage Under Order XLI Rule 27 CPC: Supreme Court

The Supreme Court of India recently delivered an important judgment clarifying the scope of Order XLI Rule 27 Code of Civil Procedure, 1908, which deals with the production of additional evidence in appellate proceedings. The Court held that litigants do not possess any vested or automatic right to introduce additional evidence during the appellate stage. The Court emphasized that the power to allow additional evidence lies within the discretion of…