BALAJI STEEL vs SIALKOT SHOP AND ANR

IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI Date of Decision: 08th July, 2025 CM(M) 1167/2025 & CM APPL. 39307-39308/2025 BALAJI STEEL .....Petitioner Through: Mr. K.B. Shankar, Mr. Vijay Pal Singh, Mr. Jeetu Singh and Mr. Chandan Singh, Advocates. versus SIALKOT SHOP AND ANR .....Respondent Through: None. CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE MANOJ JAIN J U D G M E N T (oral) 1. Petitioner is plaintiff before the learned Trial Court and is aggrieved by dismissal of his application moved under Order VI Rule 17 CPC whereby he wanted to amend his plaint. 2. The crux of the amendment sought was to the effect that when the suit was filed, the plaintiff was seeking principal amount of Rs.29,13,715/- but according to the plaintiff, a sum of Rs.6 lacs was required to be deducted from the aforesaid amount and, therefore, the plaintiff wanted to restrict his suit to the principal amount of Rs.23,13,715/-. 3. When the abovesaid application was taken up by the learned Trial Court, the learned Trial Court dismissed the same while observing that the application was highly vague, ambiguous and confusing and it also observed that there was lack of clarity and it was not apparent as to what the plaintiff 4. Such