Published on : 19 Nov 2025, 2:10 pm 2 min read

The Delhi High Court on Tuesday strongly condemned a litigant for attempting to blame his former lawyer to justify a last-minute amendment to pleadings in a 30-year-old civil suit [Bhoop Singh Gola v. Municipal Corporation of Delhi and Anr].

" This practice of throwing trash on the previous counsel must be deprecated. The erstwhile counsel would not even be aware that he is being maligned, that too without being heard, " said the Court.

Justice Girish Kathpalia dismissed the petition filed by Bhoop Singh Gola, who had challenged a trial court order refusing to allow amendments to the plaint at the stage of final arguments.

In October 2025, the trial court had denied the amendment request, noting that an earlier amendment plea

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