(1.) Petitioner herein is defending a recovery suit before the learned Trial Court.
(2.) For the purposes of recording of evidence of defendant- Ankur Ghildiyal, the Court had appointed a Local Commissioner on 30/5/2023. The defendant appeared before the Local Commissioner and was partly cross-examined. Admittedly, that day, the defendant i.e. DW-1 Ankur Ghildiyal was accompanied by his counsel Mr. Ajay Gautam.
(3.) Since the cross-examination could not be concluded that day, the matter was taken up by the learned Local Commissioner, again, on 20/3/2024.