GURJIT SINGH HANDA vs SHER SINGH HANDA

IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI Date of Decision: 16th March, 2026 CM(M) 3775/2024 & CM APPL. 65012/2024 GURJIT SINGH HANDA .....Petitioner Through: Mr. Varun Mehlawat, Adv. versus SHER SINGH HANDA .....Respondent Through: Mr. Aditya Sharma, Adv. (through VC) CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RAJNEESH KUMAR GUPTA ORDER (Oral) Rajneesh Kumar Gupta, J. 1. This hearing has been conducted through hybrid mode. 2. The present petition has been filed by the petitioner under Article 227 of the Constitution of India, 1950, assailing the order dated 09th April, 2024 passed by the learned Trial Court in CS DJ No. 1047/2022, whereby the document, i.e., the Sale Deed dated 14th November, 2005, has been directed to be deemed admitted in terms of the provisions of the Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (‘CPC’) on account of the petitioner/plaintiff having refused to admit or deny the said document. 3. I have heard the learned counsel for the parties and perused the record. 4. Learned counsel for the petitioner/plaintiff submits that the petitioner has not been afforded sufficient opportunity to admit or deny the document, i.e., the Sale Deed. He further submits that if an opportunity is granted, the 5.