Civil Procedure Code, 1908, Order 23, Rule 1(4) -- Withdrawal of suit - Partition suit - Earlier suit for partition filed by defendants withdrawn - Plaintiffs deriving right to suit property through defendants - Though plaintiffs have independent right to extent of their share, but in view of family settlement having been acted upon to knowledge of plaintiffs they cannot..........
Civil Procedure Code, 1908, Order 8, Rule 6A -- Counter claim as to adverse possession - Rejection of - Partition suit - Defendant not preferred an appeal challenging rejection of his counter claim - Finding of Court as to counter claim thus, attained finality - Rejection of counter claim has least effect on specific defence taken by defendant as to allocation of suit in..........
Civil Procedure Code, 1908, Order 11, Rule 14 -- Production of documents - Stage of suit and burden on whom lies is immaterial while considering application U.O.11.R.14 CPC...........
Civil Procedure Code, 1908, Order 11, Rule 14 -- Production of documents - Suit for declaration of title - Sanctioned plan to locate the plaint scheduled property in custody of defendant is sought by way of application U.O.11.R.14 CPC - Description of plan reflected in furtherance of plaintiff's suit claim - Once such is the case, it is just in directing the party in..........
Civil Procedure Code, 1908, Order 39, Rule 1, 2 -- Interim injunction - Defendants are registered owners of suit land and in possession of the same - Neither prima facie case found in favour of plaintiff nor balance of convenience or any irreparable injury - Interim injunction rightly refused by trial Court - Appellate Court while affirming said findings of trial Court..........
Civil Procedure Code, 1908, Order 9, Rule 3, 4 -- Restoration of suit - Suit dismissed in default U.O.9.R.3 - Both parties absent - No notice had been sent to counsel or parties with respect to change of date - Case of plaintiffs is that they wrongly noted date and then moved an application for restoration within 1 month of date they had noted - No objection given to..........
Civil Procedure Code, 1908, Section 100, 99 -- Second appeal - Suit for specific performance - Concurrent findings of both the Courts below regarding no, execution of agreement of sale, which was basis of suit is on record - Substantial question of law whether said agreement is admissible or inadmissible in evidence becomes irrelevant and will not affect the merits and..........
Civil Procedure Code, 1908, Order 7, Rule 11(a) -- Rejection of plaint - Bar of limitation - Suit for specific performance - Existence of real cause of action and bar applies to the facts from proof are matters for adjudication - However, in such case, rather than deciding rejection of plaint, it is to invoke O.14.Rr.1, 2 CPC to sub-serve the ends of justice and requires..........
Civil Procedure Code, 1908, Section 11, Order 1, Rule 10 -- Res judicata - Suit for specific performance - Plaintiff earlier filed an application U.O.1.R.10 CPC to implead subsequent purchaser - However, said application was rejected and attained finality - Second application U.O.1.R.10 CPC filed by subsequent purchaser before the very same Court which rejected the earlier..........
Civil Procedure Code, 1908, Order 1, Rule 10 -- Impleadment of subsequent purchaser - Suit for specific performance - Sale deed in favour of subsequent purchaser executed during pendency of suit - Same is hit by provisions of lis pendens - Suit filed is for relief of specific performance, if decree is passed against defendant that decree is binding on subsequent purchaser..........
