SUNIL NIGAM @ SUSHIL NIGAM vs SANJEET KUMAR

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$~55 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI % Date of Decision: 27.11.2025 + CM(M) 2285/2025, CM APPL. 74310/2025 & 74311/2025 SUNIL NIGAM @ SUSHIL NIGAM .....Petitioner Through: Mr. Raushan Kumar and Mr. Sajal Manchanda, Advocates versus SANJEET KUMAR .....Respondent Through: Mr. Vidur Kamra, Advocate CORAM: JUSTICE GIRISH KATHPALIA O R D E R (ORAL) 1. Petitioner/defendant has assailed order dated 21.07.2025 of the learned trial court whereby his application for filing additional documents was dismissed on the ground that no cogent explanation is furnished as to whether the subject additional documents were not in power and possession of the petitioner/defendant. The subject additional documents are the family settlement and the income tax returns of the respondent/plaintiff. 2. At the outset, learned counsel for petitioner/defendant contends that he does not press for the family settlement to be taken on record. But so far as the income tax returns are concerned, the same are the documents of the present respondent and the same came into the possession of the CM(M) 2285/2025 Page 1 of 2 pages Signature Not Verified Digitally signed by GIRISH KATHPALIA GIRISH DN: c=IN, o=HIGH COURT OF DELHI, 2.5.4.20=8401dd889b27a77b2f65ffffe4afec455 69af3962c6fb4835d435f97626cacca, ou=HIGH Digitally Signed COURT OF DELHI,CID - 7047638, KATHPALIA postalCode=110003, st=Delhi, serialNumber=d3e86796451ec45c07b5d15570 By:NEETU N NAIR 996b40f80cbd2eee60402c487965ff801e26fa, cn=GIRISH KATHPALIA Date: 2025.11.27 17:30:51 -08'00' Signing Date:27.11.2025 18:22:21 petitioner/defendant through cross-examination of the respondent/plaintiff in another litigation. 3. Learned counsel for respondent/plaintiff appearing on advance intimation accepts notice and submits that subject to terms and also