Civil Procedure Code, 1908, Order 6, Rule 17 -- Amendment of pleadings - Question of delay in moving an application for amendment should be decided not by calculating period from the date of institution of suit alone but by reference to stage to which hearing in suit has proceeded - Pre-trial amendments are allowed more liberally then those which are sought to be made..........
Civil Procedure Code, 1908, Order 6, Rule 17 -- Amendment of plaint - Suit for declaration of ownership - Amendment sought only to incorporate a relief which was based on a cause of action which arose after filing of suit - Question of possession has to be considered and decided after evidence is led by both the parties - Only issues have been framed and no evidence led by..........
Civil Procedure Code, 1908, Order 11, Rule 21(1) -- Dismissal of suit U.O.11.R.21(1) CPC - Until and unless wilful default and obstinacy or contumacy is shown, powers U.O.11.R.21(1) CPC cannot be exercised by Court...........
Civil Procedure Code, 1908, Order 8, Rule 9 -- Rejoinder - Proposed rejoinder is intended only to specifically traverse and rebut new factual assertions introduced in written statement - Bar against raising a new case through subsequent pleadings is not attracted - Issues in suit are yet to be framed and both parties will have adequate opportunity to lead evidence -..........
Civil Procedure Code, 1908, Order 6, Rule 17 -- Amendment of plaint - Application rejected on the ground that application was filed after a long lapse of time - Amended proviso O.6.R.17 CPC does not apply to the instant suit as suit was filed in the year 1997 which was prior to the amended provision - There will be no change in the nature of suit as relief in substance is..........
Civil Procedure Code, 1908, Order 39, Rule 1, 2 -- Interim injunction - Interim order which recognizes or confers possession and effectively decides main controversy amounts to virtually decreeing suit at an interlocutory stage, which is impermissible in law - Impugned order set aside - Parties directed to maintain status quo with respect to suit property...........
Specific Relief Act, 1963, Section 38 -- Suit for permanent injunction - Suit property was subjected to auction in execution of a money decree and said sale was confirmed in favour of predecessor-in-interest of appellant - Title in immovable property vests in auction purchaser on confirmation of sale - If auction purchaser gets possession and is in possession on date of..........
Civil Procedure Code, 1908, Order 41, Rule 27 -- Additional evidence at appellate stage - Recovery suit for money based on promissory notes - Part payment endorsements on promissory notes not marked - No prejudice would be caused to defendant on adducing additional evidence by plaintiff - Application rightly allowed...........
Civil Procedure Code, 1908, Order 21, Rule 32 -- Execution - Decree for permanent injunction - Once on the date of decree, defendant has not been found in possession and decree of permanent injunction has been issued against them, then neither executing Court nor High Court can go behind decree to hold that JDs are in possession prior to decree - Argument raised by JD..........
Civil Procedure Code, 1908, Order 18, Rule 3 -- Rebuttal evidence - Plaintiff filed suit for declaration on the basis of family settlement - Defendant denied his signatures on alleged family settlement - It was incumbent upon plaintiffs to have led all evidence in affirmative to prove said alleged family settlement - Moreover, there is nothing on record to show that..........
