The Supreme Court was recently faced with a 40 year old partition suit which had only reached the issue stage so far.The Appeal, filed by Mr. Ram Niranjan Kajaria, concerned a suit which had been instituted in 1978. While a Written Statement had been filed by the Respondent, Mr. Sheo Prakash Kajaria in August, 1979, an application for its amendment was filed in the year 2004. This was,...