Limitation Act, 1963, Section 5 -- Condonation of delay - Delay of 247 days in filing second appeal - Defendant filed second appeal against judgment and decree passed by first appellate Court with a delay of 247 days - No doubt, if delay is condoned, same will cause some hardship to plaintiff - Therefore, same has to be compensated by way of imposing costs of Rs.5,000..........
Civil Procedure Code, 1908, Order 21, Rule 97 -- Execution - Third party objections - Obstructer who seeks to resist execution of a decree must demonstrate an independent right, title or interest in the property that is subject matter of decree - Claim of such a third party can only be adjudicated if title asserted is shown to be superior or at least independent of title..........
Hindu Marriage Act, 1955, Section 13(1)(ia) -- Divorce - Cruelty - Petition by husband - Mere fact that after grant of decree of restitution of conjugal rights in favour of husband, one compromise was entered into between husband and wife wherein husband has accepted his mistakes, such factum of entering into compromise by accepting his guilt would make it clear that..........
Agreement to sell -- Suit for specific performance - Ex parte decree - Suit decided without framing issues - Suit for specific performance cannot be decided without framing issues even when written statement is not filed...........
Civil Procedure Code, 1908, Order 9, Rule 13 -- Suit for specific performance - Ex parte decree - Setting aside ex parte decree - Suit decreed ex parte without framing issues and application U.O.9.R.13 CPC filed within time rejected - Suit for specific performance cannot be decided without framing issues even when written statement is not filed - Ex parte decree set aside..........
Civil Procedure Code, 1908, Section 96, Order 9, Rule 13 -- Ex-parte decree - Setting aside - When an ex-parte decree is passed, defendant has two remedies: (i) Either to file an application U.O.9.R.13 CPC to set aside ex-parte decree by satisfying Court that summons was not served or if served, defendant was prevented by sufficient cause from appearing in Court when suit..........
Civil Procedure Code, 1908, Section 96, Order 9, Rule 13 -- Ex-parte decree - Appeal - Right to appeal u/s 96(2) CPC challenging original decree passed ex-parte, being a statutory right defendant cannot be deprived of statutory right merely on the ground that he did not file any application U.O.9.R.13 CPC...........
Civil Procedure Code, 1908, Order 9, Rule 13 -- Ex-parte decree - Setting aside - Service of summons - In the absence of verification of address of a party, through a witness, service of summon cannot be treated as complete...........
Civil Procedure Code, 1908, Order 9, Rule 13, Civil Procedure Code, 1908, Order 5, Rule 17 -- Ex-parte decree - Appeal - Petitioner was not served properly, hence, he could not appear before trial Court for submitting his case - Therefore, petitioner has made a prima facie case in his favour that he was not served with any kind of notice and so-called affixation of summons..........
Partition suit -- Plaintiff and defendant failed to produce even an iota of evidence qua their ownership over suit property - Merely because ownership was admitted by defendant no.1, would not be a ground to entertain the suit and decree the same - Suit rightly dismissed...........
