Civil Procedure Code, 1908, Order 23, Rule 1(3) -- Withdrawal of suit with liberty to file afresh - Formal defect - Suit for declaration and permanent injunction - Plaintiffs claiming themselves to be trustees of temple - They also claiming right to manage temple - Earlier proceedings initiated with third parties were not mentioned in plaint, as those documents were not..........
Court Fees Act, 1870, Section 7(iv)(c) -- Court fees - Suit for declaration that Will is illegal null and void with consequential relief of permanent injunction - Court fee is to be paid as payable in a suit for declaration - Impugned order of directing plaintiffs to pay ad valorem Court fees set aside...........
Civil Procedure Code, 1908, Order 6, Rule 17 -- Amendment of plaint - Suit for declaration and permanent injunction - Amendment sought to incorporate relief of possession, as plaintiff dispossessed during pendency of suit - Such amendment which is on account of development during pendency of suit, should not normally be declined - Delay of 1 year and 3 months also cannot..........
Family Courts Act, 1984, Section 7(1)(f), Hindu Adoptions and Maintenance Act, 1956, Section 18, 20, 23 -- Jurisdiction of Family Court - Civil suit for maintenance, permanent and mandatory injunction and for declaration - Plaintiff claiming right over share of her husband only and her claim cannot be independent of or higher than that of her husband - Claim of plaintiff..........
Civil Procedure Code, 1908, Order 6, Rule 17 -- Amendment of plaint - Suit for injunction and declaration - Amendment sought to incorporate relief of specific performance - Plaintiffs relied upon agreement of sale and claiming right over suit property on basis of said agreement - Indirectly and implicitly, plaintiffs asked for specific performance of contract itself, as..........
Civil Procedure Code, 1908, Section 151, Order 12, Rule 6 -- Judgment on admission - Suit for declaration and permanent injunction - Suit property mutually partitioned by deed of family settlement between parties - Factum of family settlement not denied by defendants - Plaintiff not claiming an inch of land beyond what has fallen to his share - More so, defendants..........
Civil Procedure Code, 1908, Order 14, Rule 1 -- Framing of issue - Unregistered gift deed - Suit for declaration that gift deed in question is null and void and for permanent and mandatory injunction - Unregistered gift deed does not amount to a gift and not created any right in favour of defendant - Since defendant having not claimed any other right except under said..........
Civil Procedure Code, 1908, Order 15 -- Disposal of suit at first hearing - Suit for declaration that gift deed in question is null and void and for permanent and mandatory injunction - Defendant not enforcing the gift - Question of putting suit to trial to determine intention of parties, does not arise - Plaintiff is entitled to a decree U.O.15 CPC...........
Specific Relief Act, 1963, Section 34, 38, 39 -- Suit for declaration that gift deed in question is null and void and for permanent and mandatory injunction - U, registered gift deed - Defendant relied upon a Will executed by plaintiff after deed of gift - Transaction of gift having concluded before execution of Will, is inconsistent to Will relied upon by defendant -..........
Civil Procedure Code, 1908, Section 10, 151 -- Stay of subsequent suit - Issue involved in earlier suit for declaration and subsequent suit for permanent injunction though not found either directly or substantially in issue - But relief in subsequent suit dependent on ultimate outcome in earlier suit - S.10 of the Act thus, has no application to case - However, further..........
