Civil Procedure Code, 1908, Order 6, Rule 17 -- Amendment of plaint - Limitation - Partition suit - Amendment sought to incorporate relief of cancellation of sale deed - Plaintiffs were aware of execution of sale deed - Suit was filed in the year 2013 and application to amend plaint was filed in the year 2022 i.e about nine years after institution of suit - Limitation to..........
Civil Procedure Code, 1908, Order 41, Rule 23A -- Remand - Partition suit along with cancellation of sale deed - Trial Court partly decreed the suit in favour of plaintiff but refused to grant relief in respect of sale deed - However, trial Court delivered the judgment without disposal of application filed u/s 45 of Evidence Act in which plaintiff specifically pleaded that..........
Civil Procedure Code, 1908, Order 7, Rule 11 -- Rejection of plaint - Suit for cancellation of sale deed and permanent injunction - Property in question is a joint family property which has been sold without there being any partition - Suit thus, cannot be rejected merely on basis of plaint averments - Application rightly rejected...........
Evidence Act, 1872, Section 138 -- Cross-examination - Plaintiff and defendant nos.4 to 7 are claiming their rights indirectly against other defendants/petitioners - Main relief of plaintiff is for cancellation of sale deed - Position of defendant nos. 4 to 7 become as co-plaintiffs as they are seeking decree of partition vide counter claim against plaintiff and plaintiff..........
Civil Procedure Code, 1908, Order 6, Rule 17 -- Amendment of plaint - Partition suit - Amendment sought to include prayer for cancellation of sale deed and for inclusion of some new properties - It is not clear from material on record as to whether plaintiff was aware of her right over property transferred through sale deed by defendant but remained inactive to challenge..........
Civil Procedure Code, 1908, Section 10 -- Stay of subsequent suit - Defendant filed suit for partition against plaintiff and plaintiff filed a suit for cancellation of sale deed and to declare it null and void and for permanent injunction - Parties to suit are also different and nature of case is also different - Application filed by defendant for staying suit filed by..........
Partition suit -- Without seeking cancellation of sale deed - Maintainability - Suit property transferred in the name of one of legal heir of original allottee/defendant No.1 as per Government order - Plaintiff/other legal heir not objected the said document at the time of allotment - Therefore, without avoiding such document, plaintiffs cannot seek mere partition - Suit..........
Civil Procedure Code, 1908, Order 15, Rule 5(As -- Striking off defence - Default in payment of rent - Plaintiffs are husband and wife who jointly purchased disputed shop and inducted defendants as tenant - Arrears of rent not paid by defendants, as they claimed that plaintiff no.2 sold half of suit property to defendant no.2 - Sale deed regarding purchase of half share of..........
Partition -- Suit for cancellation of sale deed - Jurisdiction - Since disputed property is admitted as agricultural land - Declaration of plot or recognition of ownership can be granted only by Revenue Court and not by Civil Court - Further, cancellation of sale deed is an ancillary relief to declaration of ownership - Hence, Civil Court has no jurisdiction...........
Hindu Law -- Ancestral property - Alienation by father - Suit for cancellation of sale deed and for possession - Court cancelled sale deed with regard to half share and decree for possession granted in favour of plaintiffs - Defendants subsequently purchased the land in question from other co-sharer - Only manner in which an outsider can get possession is to sue for..........
