Civil Procedure Code, 1908, Order 7, Rule 11 -- Rejection of plaint - Barred by law - Lack of pecuniary jurisdiction cannot be interpreted as bar of law - No case that relief claimed by plaintiffs is under valued or insufficiently stamped - Trial Court has jurisdiction to try case - Plaint not liable to be rejected...........
Civil Procedure Code, 1908, Section 16 -- Pecuniary jurisdiction - Defendant contended that trial Court did not have pecuniary jurisdiction - Contention rejected, as value of property is only 5 lakhs and therefore pegging its worth at Rs.80 lakhs was completely erroneous - Trial Court thus, has pecuniary jurisdiction to entertain suit...........
Civil Procedure Code, 1908, Section 39(3) -- Transfer of execution petition - Execution proceedings transferred from Pune to Nalagarh on the ground that suit property is situated within territorial limits of Court at Nalagarh - However, Court at Nalagarh was not having pecuniary jurisdiction to try the suit, same obviously not having jurisdiction of executing decree so..........
Civil Procedure Code, 1908, Order 6, Rule 17 -- Amendment of plaint - Eviction suit - Amendment sought to incorporate relief of mesne profits and damages - Trial Court allowed amendment and returned plaint to plaintiff for filing of same before appropriate Court having pecuniary/territorial jurisdiction to try and dispose of the suit - To refuse amendment to include prayer..........
Civil Procedure Code, 1908, Order 7, Rule 10 -- Return of plaint - Lack of pecuniary jurisdiction - Suit for cancellation of sale deed - Court below not conducted any inquiry as required and mandated u/s 7 of Karnataka Court Fee Act - Defendant on whom onus rests to demonstrate that Court has no pecuniary jurisdiction or Court fee paid is insufficient, has failed to place..........
Civil Procedure Code, 1908, Section 151 -- Recall of an order - Application filed by plaintiff - Order pertains to hearing additional issue regarding maintainability of suit as preliminary issue - Pecuniary jurisdiction of Court is determined by Valuation made by plaintiff as per plaint and not on contention taken by defendant - Moreover, question of pecuniary jurisdiction..........
Civil Procedure Code, 1908, Section 47, Order 23, Rule 3 -- Execution - Objections - Compromise decree - Suit for redemption of mortgage and recovery of possession - JD contended that compromise decree cannot be executed being unregistered and passed by Court lacking pecuniary jurisdiction - However, no such allegations are forthcoming nor discernible from the order -..........
Civil Procedure Code, 1908, Order 14, Rule 2(2) -- Preliminary issue - Issue of Court fee - Cannot be decided as preliminary issue in the absence of finding that valuation of suit has been done in such manner that valuation of suit would take it out of pecuniary jurisdiction of Court...........
Civil Procedure Code, 1908, Section 21 -- Jurisdiction - Objection - Merely because suit property is beyond the pecuniary jurisdiction of trial Court, same would have no bearing on the validity of judgment and decree passed by it, more particularly, when respondents failed to question the judgment and decree so passed on the ground that there has been prejudice on merits...........
Civil Procedure Code, 1908, Order 8, Rule 6C -- Exclusion of counter claim - Requirements of exclusion of counter claim are: (i) It should be within pecuniary and territorial jurisdiction of Court wherein suit is instituted; (ii) it must have some nexus with claim raised in the suit/relief sought in the suit; (iii) it must be a relevant one in adjudicating the issue..........
