The Supreme Court, in a significant ruling on civil procedure, has held that a defendant cannot be permitted to file a counter-claim after the issues in a suit have been framed and the trial has substantially progressed. A bench of Justice Pamidighantam Sri Narasimha and Justice Joymalya Bagchi also reiterated the established legal principle that
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