Civil Procedure Code, 1908, Order 41, Rule 27 -- Additional evidence at appellate stage - When plaintiffs themselves asserted title on basis of long and continuous possession through their predecessors, subsequent attempt to introduce General Land Register (GLR) in the form of additional evidence at appellate stage assumes little legal significance - Once the trial had..........
Legal Services Authorities Act, 1987, Section 21, 22E -- Award of Lok Adalat - Challenge as to - Award may be executed as a decree, but its validity cannot be reopened through an ordinary civil suit or by treating some other civil proceeding as a vehicle for setting it aside - Only recognized avenue of challenge is the constitutional jurisdiction of High Court, which is..........
Civil Procedure Code, 1908, Order 7, Rule 11 -- Rejection of plaint - Suit for possession/eviction - Plaintiff is claiming ownership over shop in question on the basis of preliminary partition decree - Admittedly, preliminary decree cannot be questioned by defendants as they have no locus standi to challenge the same being tenants and has not alleged that preliminary..........
Civil Procedure Code, 1908, Order 47, Rule 7(1) -- Review - Dismissal of application - Party aggrieved by rejection of review petition has to challenge the decree or order, as the case may be, and not the order of rejection of the review petition - However, in case review petition is allowed and the suit or proceeding is placed for rehearing then O.47.R.7(1) permits party..........
Civil Procedure Code, 1908, Order 23, Rule 3, 3A -- Compromise decree - Challenge as to - Suit challenging a compromise decree is wholly barred U.O.23.R.3-A CPC r/w O.23.R.3 Explanation CPC...........
Civil Procedure Code, 1908, Order 23, Rule 3 -- Compromise decree - Challenge as to - Question of lawfulness of compromise by invoking to O.23.R.3 explanation CPC, can only be examined by very Court before whom compromise agreement was presented and based upon which decree came to be passed...........
Civil Procedure Code, 1908, Order 23, Rule 3, 3A -- Compromise decree - Challenge as to - An appeal against compromise decree is not maintainable - In such eventuality, only mode available to a party to assail compromise is to invoke O.23.R.3 CPC, whereby lawfulness of compromise may be examined by Presiding Judge upon a recall application and issue whereafter shall be..........
Civil Procedure Code, 1908, Order 7, Rule 11 -- Rejection of plaint - Bar of civil Court jurisdiction - Suit for cancellation of preliminary and final decree passed by Assistant Collector - Plaintiffs had a remedy to challenge said decree before Revenue Appellate Authority - However, instead of filing a appeal, they filed a suit regarding revenue land before civil Court -..........
Civil Procedure Code, 1908, Order 26, Rule 9 -- Order of appointment of Local Commissioner - Challenge as to - Objections filed at the instance of JD to report of Local Commissioner were dismissed - Appointment of local Commissioner is merely for the purpose of assistance to Court and its relevance need to be discussed and deliberated upon during course of proceedings on..........
Civil Procedure Code, 1908, Section 96, Order 9, Rule 13 -- Ex-parte decree - Setting aside - When an ex-parte decree is passed, defendant has two remedies: (i) Either to file an application U.O.9.R.13 CPC to set aside ex-parte decree by satisfying Court that summons was not served or if served, defendant was prevented by sufficient cause from appearing in Court when suit..........
