There is a distinction between a pleading under the Code of Civil Procedure, and a writ petition or a counter-affidavit.
In a pleading i.e. a plaint or a written statement, the facts and not evidence are required to be pleaded.
In a writ petition or in the counter-affidavit, not only the facts but also the evidence in proof of such facts have to be pleaded and annexed to it.
See (Bharat Singh v. State of Haryana MANU/SC/0047/1988 : (1988) 4 SCC 534; Rajasthan Pradesh Vaidya Samiti MANU/SC/0408/2010 : (2010) 12 SCC 609; Larsen & Toubro Ltd. v. State of Gujarat MANU/GJ/0649/2000 : 2000 (2) GLR 1814; National Buildings Construction Corpn. v. S. Raghunathan MANU/SC/0550/1998 : (1998) 7 SCC 66; Ram Narain Arora v. Asha Rani MANU/SC/0558/1998 : (1999) 1 SCC 141; Chitra Kumari v. Union of India MANU/SC/0105/2001 : (2001) 3 SCC 208; and State of U.P. v. Chandra Prakash Pandey MANU/SC/0180/2001 : (2001) 4 SCC 78).
Referred in
Madhu Bahuguna and Ors. vs. Uttarakhand Public Service Commission and Ors. (09.01.2020 – UCHC) : MANU/UC/0009/2020