Commercial Courts Act, 2015, Section 2(1)(c)(vii) -- Commercial dispute - No dispute regarding agreement relating to immovable property - There is no pleading to the effect that immovable property is being used exclusively in trade or commerce - Civil Court thus, has jurisdiction to decide the suit for declaration on basis of registered sale deed...........
Civil Procedure Code, 1908, Order 8, Rule 6A -- Counter claim - Defendant as per O.8.R.6-A(1) CPC may assert any right or claim against plaintiff before filing of written statement, even if such cause of action is unrelated to plaintiff's suit - Only limitation is that counter-claim must lie within pecuniary jurisdiction of Court...........
Civil Procedure Code, 1908, Order 14, Rule 5 -- Framing of additional issues - Issues regarding valuation and pecuniary jurisdiction of Court - Defendants who filed written statement had not raised issue of pecuniary jurisdiction and participated in proceedings - They have not produced any documents to substantiate that classification of land is not agricultural land and..........
Clean hands -- Litigant invoking extraordinary jurisdiction must approach Court with clean hands...........
Civil Procedure Code, 1908, Section 114, Order 47, Rule 1 -- Review - Law as to : (i) Review proceedings are not by way of an appeal and same have to be strictly confined to the scope and ambit of O.47.R.1 CPC; (ii) Review is not to be confused with appellate powers, which may enable an appellate court to correct all manner of errors committed by the subordinate court;..........
Civil Procedure Code, 1908, Section 114, Order 47, Rule 1 -- Review - Power and scope of review jurisdiction Viz: (i) Ground of discovery of new and important matter or evidence is a ground available if it is demonstrated that, despite exercise of due diligence, this evidence was not within their knowledge or could not be produced by party at the time, original decree or..........
Civil Procedure Code, 1908, Section 114, Order 47, Rule 1 -- Review - Impugned order of allowing review petition has not adverted to an error apparent on the face of record, but has taken up an error on re-appreciation of case and counter case of parties - Review order records a few findings extending far beyond actual working out of prayers in a suit for partition - Order..........
Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, Section 482 -- Anticipatory bail - Concurrent jurisdiction is conferred upon Sessions Court and High Court to entertain prayer for pre-arrest bail - However, hierarchy of Courts demands that no person seeking such remedy should be encouraged or allowed to directly approach High Court for exercising jurisdiction u/s 482 BNSS..........
Custody of child -- Writ of habeas corpus - Child is in custody of father - Custody of father being natural guardian, cannot be regarded as illegal or unlawful unless shown to be contrary to a specific legal order or authority - Though availability of an alternative remedy is not an absolute bar to issuance of a writ of Habeas Corpus, however, disputes between natural..........
Civil Procedure Code, 1908, Order 7, Rule 10 -- Return of plaint - Court lacking jurisdiction - Trial Court dismissed the suit - Impugned order set aside - Trial Court directed to return the plaint for presentation before Court of competent jurisdiction...........
