https://www.scconline.com/blog/post/2020/12/25/ker-hc-proviso-to-or-vi-r-17-of-code-curtails-absolute-discretion-of-court-to-allow-amendment-at-any-stage-of-suit-it-has-to-be-shown-that-in-spite-of-due-diligence-such-amendment-could-not-have/
Ker HC | Proviso to Or. VI R. 17 of Code curtails absolute discretion of Court to allow amendment at any stage of suit, it has to be shown that in spite of due diligence, such amendment could not have been sought earlier; legal position reiterated