Civil Procedure Code, 1908, Order 6, Rule 17 -- Amendment of pleadings - Court is not expected to delve into merits of proposed amendment while considering application - True test is that amendment must be relevant and necessary to effectively adjudicate upon controversy between parties - One of consideration is to avoid multiplicity of proceeding for allowing amendment...........
Civil Procedure Code, 1908, Order 6, Rule 17 -- Amendment of plaint - Suit for specific performance - Petitioner has sought amendment to bring on record certain particulars regarding transactions which is subject matter of suit - Proposed amendment are certain events that took place during pendency of suit - Truthfulness of contentions of proposed amendment need not be..........
Civil Procedure Code, 1908, Order 26, Rule 9 -- Appointment of Local Commissioner - When there is a title dispute yet to be adjudicated in the suit, demarcating boundaries as per documents produced by parties, would not be proper - If plaintiff succeeds to prove his title, then in such a case further steps of fixing boundaries and demarcating boundaries would arise - But..........
Civil Procedure Code, 1908, Order 26, Rule 9 -- Appointment of Local Commissioner - Advocate Commissioner can be appointed to note down physical features of suit property which would include the exact location of property so as to survey number and boundaries existing with regard to suit property...........
Civil Procedure Code, 1908, Order 6, Rule 17 -- Amendment of written statement - Amendment sought after a delay of 7 years from filing of written statement - No new fact is going to be pleaded and amendment if allowed would not change the nature of defence raised by defendant - Application allowed subject to payment of costs of Rs.30,000/-...........
Civil Procedure Code, 1908, Order 16, Rule 6 -- Summons to produce document - Defendant has already laid foundation about existence of document in question in written statement - Occasion for defendant to file an application for summoning the document had arisen only when his turn of evidence came to be recorded - It cannot be said that defendant had slept over in not..........
Civil Procedure Code, 1908, Section 115 -- Revision - Against issuance of notice for appearance and filing objections in execution case, not maintainable, as it is not a case decided by any Court subordinate to High Court - Petitioner instead of approaching High Court should have approached Execution Court pursuant to notice and must have been duly advised by his counsel -..........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 420, 406, 395, 506, Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 482 -- Cheating - Dispute pertaining to sale of motor vehicle by complainant to appellants and non-payment of remainder amount - Dispute is of civil in nature - Continuation of a dispute pertaining to payment of money and handing over of possession of motor vehicle, would be an..........
Civil Procedure Code, 1908, Order 41, Rule 3A -- Appeal - Condonation of delay - Filing of memo of appeal without an application for condonation of delay is not fatal - Defect if any, can be cured by filing subsequent application for condonation of delay...........
Civil Procedure Code, 1908, Order 41, Rule 3A -- Appeal - Condonation of delay - Purpose and requirement of filing an application U.O.41.R.3A CPC along with a time barred appeal is mandatory in the sense that appellant cannot without such an application being decided insist upon Court to hear his time barred appeal - However, no penalty of rejection or dismissal of a time..........