
Case Law Analysis
|Supreme Court of India
Amendment permitted under Order VI Rule 17 CPC if due diligence shown and no fundamental change | Orissa HC Appeal : SC
A belated amendment under Order VI Rule 17 CPC is allowed if due diligence is shown and it does not fundamentally alter the suit, the Supreme Court held. It vacated the trial and Orissa High Court orders, imposed costs, but left property question open.