Rogers Agencies (Pvt.) Ltd. v. People’s Merchant Bank Ltd. – sllr 2005 volume 3 page 210

In the case of Rogers Agencies (Pvt) Ltd v. People’s Merchant Bank Ltd, the court addressed whether a trial judge could admit an entire list of additional documents and witnesses, even when an objection was raised regarding a specific document, considering the provisions of sections 121(2) and 175(2) of the Civil Procedure Code. It was held that the phrase “before the day fixed for hearing” refers specifically to the first scheduled day of trial. The court found that the trial judge’s decision to overrule the plaintiff’s objection on the grounds of lateness and to admit the full list without proper consideration of individual objections was procedurally incorrect. This holding reaffirmed the principle that objections to evidence must be addressed in relation to each specific item at the ap