Case Law Analysis
|Jharkhand High Court
Order XVIII Rule 3A CPC is a directory provision permitting late party-witness examination | Probate proceedings : Jharkhand HC
The Jharkhand High Court ruled that Order XVIII Rule 3A of the CPC is merely directory, allowing a party to be examined as a witness after other witnesses if the court grants permission and nominal costs are paid. This discretion lets elderly or infirm litigants testify later without derailing the trial, benefiting parties in civil and probate suits.