Om Rice Mill And Ors. vs Banaras State Bank Ltd. And Anr. on 27 September, 1999
10. The reliance on the decision in the case of Monika Banerjee v. Biswabikash Sengupta, AIR 1986 Cal 113, wherein a suit for specific performance seeking to amend the pleadings by incorporating the facts that the plaintiff was ready and willing to perform his part of the contract was held to be an alternative case and therefore, it could not be allowed. But the ratio decided in the said decision cannot be attracted in the facts and circumstances of the present case. Inasmuch as here the amendment does not introduce any alternative pleading nor any new cause of action.