CIVIL PROCEDURE CODE, 1908 — ORDER VII RULE 14(3) — RECEIVING DOCUMENTS AFTER COMMENCEMENT OF TRIAL — SCOPE AND DISCRETION OF COURT — Plaintiffs filed I.A.No.353 of 2024 under O.VII R.14(3) CPC seeking to receive certain documents during the stage of evidence, after P.W.1 was already examined and matter was posted for P.W.2. — Trial Court allowed the application and received the documents. — HELD: No illegality in receiving documents at this stage; relevancy/admissibility of such documents is a matter for determination during trial. — Objections of defendants regarding irrelevance or absence of pleadings can be raised at the time of marking and proof; receiving documents does not cause prejudice. (Paras 6–7)

A. CIVIL PROCEDURE CODE, 1908 — ORDER VII RULE 14(3) — RECEIVING DOCUMENTS AFTER COMMENCEMENT OF TRIAL — SCOPE AND DISCRETION OF COURT

— Plaintiffs filed I.A.No.353 of 2024 under O.VII R.14(3) CPC seeking to receive certain documents during the stage of evidence, after P.W.1 was already examined and matter was posted for P.W.2.
— Trial Court allowed the application and received the documents.
— HELD: No illegality in receiving documents at this stage; relevancy/admissibility of such documents is a matter for determination during trial.
— Objections of defendants regarding irrelevance or absence of pleadings can be raised at the time of marking and proof; receiving documents does not cause prejudice.
(Paras 6–7)

B. PRACTICE & PROCEDURE — ADMISSIBILITY VS. RELEVANCY — STAGE OF OBJECTION

— Court clarified that even when documents are received under O.VII R.14(3) CPC, their admissibility and relevancy are not decided at that stage.
— All objections of defendants regarding admissibility, relevancy, and proof remain open and can be raised during trial.
— Receipt of documents does not amount to proof nor acceptance of contents.
(Paras 6–7)

C. CIVIL REVISION — ARTICLE 227 OF THE CONSTITUTION — SUPERVISORY JURISDICTION — WHEN NOT INVOKED

— No jurisdictional error, material irregularity, or perversity in the trial Court's order receiving documents under O.VII R.14(3) CPC.
— As no prejudice is caused and objections can be addressed at trial, supervisory jurisdiction under Article 227 cannot be invoked to interfere.
— CRP disposed of at admission stage. No costs.
(Paras 6–8)

RESULT:
Civil Revision Petition disposed of, granting liberty to defendants to raise all objections regarding admissibility and relevancy during trial. No order as to costs.
Pending miscellaneous petitions closed.