RULING
When this appeal was called on for hearing on June 17, 1982, Mr Nagpal for the respondent raised a preliminary objection, of which notice had been given, taking objection to 11 of the 22 grounds of appeal as raising points not raised in the pleadings or canvassed in the High Court. We allowed Mr Nagpal to extend his notice of objection to include three further grounds of appeal as in our view these further grounds were substantially covered by the objections of which notice had been given. In the result we heard objections to grounds 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 13, 14, 15, 17 and 20. Mr DN Khanna for the appellant argued in support of those grounds being retained in the memorandum of appeal, and Mr Nagpal replied. These arguments occupied most of the two days allotted to the appeal, which in the event has had to be adjourned by consent to a date to be fixed. We reserved our ruling on the preliminary objection, which we are now delivering.
The appeal is from the judgment of the Hig…