MUHAMMAD AFZAL ZULLAH, J.--Leave to appeal has been sought from judgment, dated 20th December, 1978, of the Lahore High Court; whereby petitioner's Civil Revision arising out of the grant of permission by the trial Court to the respondent (plaintiffs in a civil suit) to produce unlisted witnesses and documents, was dismissed.
2. It is admitted that sub-rule (1) of rule 1 of Order XVI of C.P.C. Prescribes that not later than seven days after the settlement of issues, the parties shall present in Court list of witnesses whom they propose to call either to give evidence or to produce documents. It is also provided under sub-rule
(2) that a party is not permitted to call witnesses other than those contained in the said list, except with the permission of the Court and after showing good cause for the omission of the said witnesses from the list; and if the Court grants such permission, it shall record reasons for so doing.
3. In this case the plaintiff wanted himself to be examined as a witness and his name was not included in the list of witnesses submitted by him in time. He also wanted to produce some documents. The trial Court exercising the discretion in favour of the plaintiff permitted him to produce the required evidence. This exercise of discretion has been upheld by the High Court in its revisional jurisdiction as not suffering from any infirmity, legal or otherwise.
4. Learned counsel himself, to be fair to the respondent, cited Mian Muhammad Hafizv.Aziz Ahmad etc. 1980 SCMR 557 and The Australia Bank. Messrs Mangora Textile Industries, Swat and others 1981 SCMR 150, which according to him support the view taken by the High Court. He has also referred to two leave granting others orders namely; Muhammad Sharif and others v. Ahmad Yar and others. 1982 SC M R1200(1) Naeem Engineering Corporation and others v. Government of Punk, through Secretary and another 1986 SCMR 316.
5. The questions in theleave granting orders, it seems, have already been answered in the cases of Mian Muhammad Hafiz and that of The Australasia Bank Ltd support cited by the learned council which as already noted and conceded, support the view taken by the High Courts. Therefore, this petition has no force and is accordingly dismissed.