Regarding the filing documents

Querist : Anonymous (Querist) 12 April 2023 This query is : Resolved
Can I file the documents in court after defendant

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T. Kalaiselvan, Advocate (Expert) 13 April 2023
Order 7 Rule 14 CPC and Order 13 Rule 1 CPC are intended to address situations in which a plaintiff wishes to place on record additional documents subsequent to filing of plaint.
The other applicable provision of Civil Procedure Code 1908 is Order 8 Rule 1 (3) CPC, which is likewise relevant when the opponent, in this case the defendant, desires to file an additional document after filing his written statement at a later stage.
Where any such document is not in possession or power of the defendant, he shall, wherever possible, state in whose possession or power it is.

A document which ought to be produced in Court by the defendant under this rule, but, is not so produced shall not, without the leave of the Court, be received in evidence on his behalf at the hearing of the suit.