Can proposed respondent be allowed to take for inspection of documents

Aditya Panikkar (Querist) 07 May 2015 This query is : Resolved
Hi,

I was hearing a matter in a court wherein arguments were going on between the Plaintiff and the Proposed Defendant.

The Plaintiff has filed an amended application to add the Propsoed Defendant as party defendant to the case. The Proposed Defendant had given them a notice to provide inspection of documents which did not materialise. The Proposed Defendant then made an application requesting the court to direct the Plaintiff to provide inspection of documents. The Plaintiff in its reply stated that there is no provision in law which allows a proposed defendant to ask for inspection of documents.

Q: - Can Proposed Defendant ask for inspection of documents and/or request the Court to direct the Plaintiff to provide inspection.

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Rasik Dagli (Expert) 08 May 2015
I think unless a proposed defendant is joined as party by order of Court, he can not have any right to take inspection of documents.
Rasik Dagli

malipeddi jaggarao (Expert) 08 May 2015
In what way you are related to this query?

Guest (Expert) 08 May 2015
Mr. Aditya Panikar,

Can you please clarify:

1) What do you mean by proposed defendant and who proposed to make him defendant and at what stage of the case?

2) When you were hearing a matter in a court wherein arguments were going on between the Plaintiff and the Proposed Defendant, what was the order of the court on the issue in question?

T. Kalaiselvan, Advocate (Expert) 09 May 2015
Once the proposed defendant is yet to be made as arty to the proceedings, he does not have locus standi to argue or demand such reliefs from court, whether you have improperly noted the hearings?

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