Order VI Rule 17 CPC | Written Statement Can Be Amended Only by Defendant Who Filed It, Not by Those Who Adopted It: Karnataka High Court

In a significant ruling, the Karnataka High Court has clarified that in a partition and separate possession suit, only a defendant who has independently filed a written statement is legally entitled to seek its amendment. The judgment was delivered by Justice Suraj Govindaraj, while dismissing the writ petition filed by Seetha Nayak and others in WRIT PETITION NO.102555 OF 2025. Background of the case The case arose from a partition…