HIGH COURT OF ALLAHABAD
Matters Under Article 227 No. 9337 of 2023
Smt. Chanda Kedia And Another…………Petitioners
Vs.
Dwarika Prasad Kedia And Another…………Respondents
Jayant Banerji, J.
Decided on : 16/04/2024
Civil Procedure Code, 1908
Order 6 Rule 17—Amendment of joint written statement—Where a written statement is jointly filed by a group of defendants, it cannot be amended at the behest of one or more such defendants unless the other defendants who are signatories to the joint written statement, expressly consent to the amendment sought—Even in a case where a ground of defence is raised in an amendment application that appears to reflect the interest of each of the defendants who had filed the joint written statement, the consent of those defendants, who had not move that amendment application, would be required.
Petition dismissed`
VANYA BAJAJ
ADVOCATE
