Case Law Analysis
|Himachal Pradesh High Court
CPC Order 7 Rule 14 & IEA Section 65(a) | Belated Evidence to Cure Lacunae Rejected as Abuse of Process : HP HC
Himachal Pradesh High Court rules that litigants cannot exploit procedural provisions like CPC Order 7 Rule 14 and IEA Section 65(a) to introduce delayed evidence merely to fill gaps in their case. The judgment reinforces that secondary evidence cannot be used as a backdoor to remedy negligence or delay, impacting property dispute litigants and civil procedure strategy.