Indian Contract Act, 1872, Section 29 -- Suit for partition - During pendency of suit plaintiff executed undertaking qua plaint schedule item No.6, in favour of defendant whereby plaintiff agreed to be satisfied with whatever amount defendant may give him at the time of sale of such item of property - Terms are vague and uncertain - Period within which property is to be..........
Limitation Act, 1963, Section 5, Civil Procedure Code, 1908, Order 22, Rule 9, 3 -- Condonation of delay - Abatement of suit - Partition suit - Delay was occasioned due to petitioners being unaware of pendency of suit - Explanation offered by petitioners is plausible and ought to have been accepted by trial Court - In a suit for partition, it is in the interest of all..........
Civil Procedure Code, 1908, Order 6, Rule 17 -- Amendment of plaint - Suit for specific performance - Amendment sought to be introduced in relation to partition decree is neither relevant nor bona fide - Same has been sought to be introduced at a belated stage without providing any justifiable explanation for delay - Amendment application rightly rejected qua partition..........
Succession Act, 1925, Section 372 -- Succession certificate - Dispute regarding status of legally wedded wife - Rival claims - Parallel comprehensive suit for partition pending - It is not appropriate for High Court to decide status of parties in a summary proceeding - Parties to establish their legal status through evidence in the pending civil suit - Based on the decree..........
Co-sharer -- Injunction - Co-sharer in physical possession of a specific portion of joint land, whose possession is admitted, cannot be restrained from raising construction thereupon - However, any construction raised by the respondents over their exclusive portion, shall remain subject to the final outcome of the partition proceedings...........
Civil Procedure Code, 1908, Order 39, Rule 1, 2 -- Stay application - Suit for mandatory and permanent injunction - No material on record to show that defendants have encroached upon or merged any area beyond their admitted possession - Since suit for partition is pending and defendants are in exclusive possession of their respective portions - Any construction raised by..........
Civil Procedure Code, 1908, Order 6, Rule 17 -- Amendment of plaint - Partition suit - Amendment sought to include some properties - Plaintiff in a partition suit may not be aware of all properties sought to be partitioned of common ancestral properties and if during pendency of case, acquire such knowledge about some more properties that need to be partitioned or included..........
Civil Procedure Code, 1908, Order 6, Rule 17 -- Amendment of plaint - Partition suit - Plaintiff came to know about properties that are now proposed to be included in suit schedule properties only after analyzing admission of defendants - Proposed items of properties, could not have been brought on record prior to commencement of trial, despite due diligence by plaintiff -..........
Specific Relief Act, 1963, Section 38, 39 -- Co-owners - Suit for permanent or mandatory injunction - Not maintainable against another co-owner, notwithstanding the fact that different co-owners may be in a separate actual possession of distinct portions - In such circumstances, the only appropriate and legally permissible course open to plaintiff was to seek partition of..........
Co-sharers -- Un-registered memorandum of partition - Memorandum of partition was acted upon and pursuant thereto part of suit land was sold by one of co-owner - Plaintiff did not challenge said sale deeds for a period of nearly 20 years and filed civil suit only in 1994 - Since the memorandum of partition was acted upon and remained unassailed for nearly two decades and..........
