UNITED INDIA INSURANCE CO. LTD. AND ANOTHER
Vs.
M/S. PARK LEATHER INDUSTRIES LTD.
( Before : Sanjay Kumar and Augustine George Masih, JJ. )
Civil Appeal No. 913 of 2023
Decided on : 07-04-2025
Consumer Protection Act, 1986 — Pleading and Evidence — Rejoinder — A respondent/complainant cannot introduce new factual evidence, such as a surveyor's report assessing quantum of loss, for the first time in a rejoinder and expect the opposing party (appellant/opposite party) to have denied it in their earlier written statement/reply — The adjudicatory body cannot base its findings on the premise that the opposing party failed to deny evidence that was not before it when its pleadings were filed.
