BHASWATI RAY Vs. TAPASEE CHOWDHURY & ANR

JUDGEMENT

(1.) The matter is taken up for hearing since both the contesting parties are represented.

(2.) On June 4, 2013, the said Rupak Gupta (P.W.2), was again crossexamined in part and such cross-examination was deferred on the prayer of the opposite party no. 1. At this juncture Rupak Gupta filed a petition praying for closing his examination as P.W.2. The grounds mentioned in such petition were, inter alia, that the said Rupak Gupta was working in Mumbai as a Senior Regional Sales Manager of a Private Company and that it was extremely difficult for him to obtain leave from office and attend Court. It was further stated in the petition that Rupak Gupta had, in the then recent past, undergone bypass surgery and was under medication and that his repeated visits to Kolkata to adduce evidence had taken a heavy toll on his health and that he had been advised by his doctors not to travel.

(3.) The Trial Court, vide order no. 79 dated June 4, 2013, deferred the crossexamination of P.W.2 till the next date that is August 8, 2013 and rejected the petition for closure of evidence.