Ques

tion:AmendmentunderCPCandwhent
heymaybeal
lowedor
di
sal
lowed?

Answer:Theter
m" Amendmentofpl
eadi
ngs"c
anbedes cr
ibedas
alt
erati
on,
modifi
cati
onoramendmenti
ntheori
ginalpl
eadingsdr
awnup
andfil
edbyeachpart
ytoasui
t.

Si
nce,i
tisaness
entialr
equi r
ementofpleadi
ngst hatmater
ialf
actsand
necessar
yparti
cul
arsmus tbes tat
edinthepl
eadingsanddecisi
onsofa
casecannotbebasedongr oundsoutsi
dethepleadi
ngs ,
itbec
omes
i
mper ati
vetoamendthepl eadingssoasto:

a)det
ermi
net
her
ealques
tionsi
ncont
rover
sybet
weent
hepar
ties
.

b)enabl
ethec
our
tst
obr
ingaboutf
inaladj
udi
cat
ioni
nas
uit
.

Whatc
anbeamendedi
nPl
eadi
ngs
:

-Pl
aintf
il
edbypl
aint
if
f

-Wr
itt
ens
tat
ementf
il
edbydef
endant

Amendmentofpl
eadi
ngswhenal
lowed:

1.Whenamendments
oughti
simper
ati
vef
orpr
operandef
fec
tive
adj
udic
ati
onoft
hecase.

2.Whengrantofappl
icat
ionwillnotleadt
oviolat
ionofl
egalr
ight
sor
caus
einj
usti
cetootherparty.
(Kisandasvs.Vi
thoba)

3.Whendominantpurpos
eofappli
cati
ontoamendmenti
stomi
nimi
zet
he
li
ti
gat
ion(RaguThil
akvs.S.
Rayappan,2001)
4.
Whenpar
tiesi
nthepl
eadi
ngsar
ewr
ongf
ull
ydes
cri
bed.

5.
Whenproposedamendmentdoesnotal
terors
ubs
tit
utenew c
aus
eof
ac
tion.
(B.
K.N.
Pill
aivs
.P.
Pil
lai
,2000)

6.Whenpar t
yseeki
ngamendmentshowsduedi
li
gencebyvi
rtueofprovi
so
appendedtoOrder6Rul
e17.(Pandi
tmalhar
imahal
evs.Monikapandit
mahale,2020)

AmendmentofPl
eadi
ngswhennotal
lowed:

1.
Whent
hepar
tiesar
enegl
igent
.

2.Whengrantofappli
cati
onwil
lleadtothei
ntr
oduct
ionofat
otal
lynew
cas
e(Revajeet
ubuildersvs.
Narayanas
wamy,2009)

3.
Wheni
tismadewi
thmal
afi
dei
ntent
ion(Pat
asi
bai
vs.
Rat
anl
al,
1990)

4.
Whent
her
eist
ypogr
aphi
caler
ror(J
.Samuelvs
.Gat
tuMahes
h2012)

5.Whereseveraloppor
tunit
iesar
egi
ventopart
iestoappl
yforamendment
ofpl
eadingsbuttheyfai
ledtomakeanappl
icat
ion.

6.Whenaf
terobtai
ninganorderforl
eavet
oamend,
thepar
tyf
ail
sto
amendacc
ordingl
y.(order6rul
e18)