State of West Bengal & Ors. vs. Pam Developments (P) Ltd. & Anr. (SC)

Code of Civil Procedure, 1908–Sec. 80–Applicability–During the pendency of the suit for granting the injunction, respondent-plaintiff filed the application for amendment in plaint on the ground of several facts had taken place after the civil suit was filed and sought the permission to dispense with the requirement of issuance of notice u/s. 80 CPC–Allowed–Appreciation of–The Facts sought to be brought on record related to subsequent debarment orders and their respective challenges–Adjudication of the civil suit will be incomplete and ineffective if the consequent facts are not brought on record–Further, the subsequent events form a continuous cause of action for which a fresh suit is not to be filed as it does not change the nature and character of the civil suit and to that extent, Sec. 80 of CPC is irrelevant to the case at hand–No good reason is found for interference in the impugned order.