Plaintiffs Cannot Reserve Rebuttal Evidence under Order 18 Rule 3 CPC When Entire Burden of Proof Lies on Them: Andhra Pradesh High Court

The Andhra Pradesh High Court has upheld the decision of the Trial Court dismissing a petition filed under Order 18 Rule 3 of the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 (CPC). The petition was filed by the plaintiffs seeking permission to reserve their right to adduce rebuttal evidence after the defendants concluded their evidence in a partition suit involving a registered partition deed of 2002. The plaintiffs had challenged the said…