Lakshmi vs Vitta Kristappa on 27 February, 2020
16. As held by the erstwhile High Court of AP in Batchu Jagadish
Kumar v. Mogili Venkaaswamy (died) (3 supra) the court needs to be
circumspect in examining whether proper reasons are assigned by the
defendant for not producing the documents along with the written statement.
Unless the reasons assigned by the defendant disclose sufficient cause for his
failure to produce the documents within the time stipulated in Rule 1-A of
6 JUD,J
CRPs_3527_2019 & 2 ors
Order VIII CPC, the court shall not permit the defendant to file such
documents later, and liberal approach in this regard would frustrate the
purpose for which the provisions of the Code of Civil Procedure are amended.
The High Court further held that "grant of leave by the court is not for the
mere asking nor is the court a mere post-office to receive documents even in
the absence of any reasons furnished for failure to file the documents along
with the written statement".