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31. What is even more interesting is the fact that even the Evidence Affidavit of the 2nd Defendant comes very late, almost as an after-thought. The cross-examination before the court-appointed commissioner closed on 7th April 2011. The commissioner filed his report on 3rd February 2012. The suit was listed for arguments. The Plaintiffs filed their written submissions on 24th November 2014, when the suit came up before me. I directed the matter be listed for final hearing. It did not reach. Some three years after the hearings before the commissioner closed (in 2011), in 2014 the Defendants filed Notice of Motion No 166 of 2014 seeking to re-open the evidence and for leave to lead their own evidence. On 7th June 2016