Specific Relief Act, 1963, Section 39 -- Mandatory injunction - Encroachment - Plaintiff failed to establish alleged encroachment by defendant - Though plaintiff contended that defendant encroached upon his property in the year 2005, inaction by plaintiff in taking any steps against defendant would go to show that said contention is false - Considering evidence of PW1 and..........
Civil Procedure Code, 1908, Section 11, Order 7, Rule 11 -- Rejection of plaint - Barred by res judicata - Plea of res judicata can only be examined after detailed examination of pleadings of parties in earlier suit and after perusing all relevant documents filed by parties, which is impossible at the stage of deciding defendant's application U.O.7.R.11 CPC...........
Civil Procedure Code, 1908, Order 18, Rule 17 -- Recall of PW1 for further cross examination - Entire issue involved in the main suit revolving around Will - Recall of witness regarding application submitted by plaintiff No.2 to Tehsildar by enclosing Will and relevant documents is very essential for just decision of case - Reasons stated by defendants for not filing..........
Civil Procedure Code, 1908, Order 11, Rule 1(10), Civil Procedure Code, 1908, Order 7, Rule 14 -- Production of additional documents - Commercial dispute - Financial statements that defendants want to place reliance upon were not disclosed at the time of filing written statement in Oct 2022 - Explanation that audited financial statements were concluded only in Dec 2023 was..........
Civil Procedure Code, 1908, Order 11, Rule 14 -- Production of documents - O.11.R.14 CPC empowers a party to seek production of documents in the possession, custody or power of the opposite party, if such documents relate to matters in question in the suit - The Court must ensure that this right is exercised in a manner that is proportionate and does not permit undue..........
Court Fees Act, 1870, Section 7 -- Ad valorem Court fee - Suit for declaration that plaintiffs are owners in possession of 50% share of property and sale deed is null and void - Plaintiffs are neither executant of documents in question nor they are seeking possession of suit property, as they are already in joint possession - Therefore, there would be no requirement to..........
Civil Procedure Code, 1908, Order 16, Rule 6, 7 -- Summoning of sub-Registrar along with documents - No prejudice will be caused to anybody if witness is summoned - If Sub-Registrar is summoned to produce registered sale deeds and original certificate issued by Mandal Revenue Officer to give evidence, it is useful for proper adjudication of issues involved in the suit -..........
Recovery suit for money -- On basis of mortgage deed - Defendant availed loan of Rs.9 lakhs from plaintiff for purchase of suit property and executed mortgage deed - As per terms of mortgage defendant should redeem mortgage within 24 months after paying principal amount with 18% interest per annum - Defendant contended that he borrowed loan of Rs.6 lakhs and she repaid it..........
Mutation -- Law as to - (a) Mutation proceedings are summary in nature wherein title of parties over land involved is not decided; (b) Mutation order or revenue entries are only for fiscal purposes to enable State to collect revenue from person recorded; (c) They neither extinguish nor create title; (d) mutation in revenue records does not have any presumptive value on..........
Civil Procedure Code, 1908, Order 41, Rule 27 -- Additional evidence at appellate stage - Documents in question are all post suit documents and are all Xerox copies - Reasons accorded for production of additional evidence do not meet the requirements of O.41.R.27 CPC - Application rejected...........
