Can the Plaintiff Ask the Defendant to Adduce Their Evidence, Reserving the Liberty to Lead Evidence in Rebuttal After Presenting Their part Evidence?

[Educator]

It will be also necessary to refer to Rule 3 of Order XVIII which reads thus:3. Evidence where several issues. Where there are several issues, the burden of proving some of which lies on the other party, the party beginning may, at his option, either produce his evidence on those issues or reserve it by way of answer to the evidence produced by the other party; and, in the latter case, the party