Civil Procedure Code, 1908, Order 1, Rule 10 -- Impleadment of third party - Eviction suit - Lease deed is executed by plaintiff, which is time bound lease subject to further renewal and only limited rights have been given to lessee - Therefore, in title dispute lessee would not be necessary party - However, in SCC Suit rights of third party is affected in tenancy dispute..........
Civil Procedure Code, 1908, Order 12, Rule 6 -- Filing of written arguments by a defendant once Court has held that decree needs to be passed against him and after precluding that defendant from cross examining plaintiff - Written arguments not to be taken on record and had to be discarded from the Court file...........
Evidence Act, 1872, Section 102 -- Burden of proof - Suit for declaration that partition deed is null and void - Initial burden is on plaintiff to prove that partition deed is invalid and is liable to be declared as null and void - On discharge of initial burden by plaintiffs, onus shifts to defendants to prove validity of partition deed...........
Court Fees Act, 1870, Section 7(ivA) -- Ad valorem Court fee - Suit for cancellation of sale deeds - Plaintiff valued the suit on basis of consideration mentioned in sale deeds, which is erroneous, because market value of property involved in sale deeds is to be considered on the date of filing of suit - But trial Court has ignored this fact - Trial Court is directed to..........
Civil Procedure Code, 1908, Order 26, Rule 9 -- Appointment of Advocate Commissioner - When plaintiff is in possession of suit property and no encroachment is made by defendants, he cannot seek for appointment of Advocate Commissioner in order to collect evidence in a suit for permanent injunction...........
Specific Relief Act, 1963, Section 38 -- Suit for injunction simpliciter - Plaintiff not in possession but he did not claim recovery of possession - Relief must have been sought for declaration of title when contention of defendant was that he came into possession of property as a co-owner and then occupies it with absolute rights, making valuable improvements - Suit for..........
Agreement to sell -- Plaintiff inducted only because of agreement to sell - Once it has been held that no relief can be granted for specific performance and an extraordinary amount has been awarded to compensate meagre amount of advance is only to adjust equities, plaintiff cannot have any right to resist possession and should not have obstructed or resisted delivery of..........
Agreement to sell -- Plaintiff inducted only because of agreement to sell - Relief of specific performance denied to plaintiff - However, plaintiff was compensated for Rs.2 crores and directed to hand over possession to defendant - Plaintiff has been unnecessarily delaying and causing obstruction in execution of decree - He has no locus or justification to hold on to..........
Civil Procedure Code, 1908, Order 14, Rule 1 -- Framing of an issue - If by refusal to frame issues a serious prejudice is being caused to plaintiff or defendants then it is always expedient for trial Court to exercise its jurisdiction in framing such issues to facilitate the parties to adduce evidence in the light of pleadings on basis of which issues were framed...........
Civil Procedure Code, 1908, Order 3, Rule 2 -- Examination of power of attorney holder on behalf of a party - Power of attorney holder is not competent to depose or to prove anything which was not within his personal knowledge or was otherwise personally known to plaintiff - Testimony of power of attorney holder is inadmissible with regard to the facts within personal..........
