Civil Procedure Code, 1908, Order 41, Rule 27 -- Additional evidence at appellate stage - When plaintiffs themselves asserted title on basis of long and continuous possession through their predecessors, subsequent attempt to introduce General Land Register (GLR) in the form of additional evidence at appellate stage assumes little legal significance - Once the trial had..........
Civil Procedure Code, 1908, Section 100 -- Second appeal - Appeal seeking re-appreciation of evidence is impermissible in second appellate jurisdiction in the absence of a substantial question of law...........
Civil Procedure Code, 1908, Section 24 -- Transfer of matrimonial case - Transfer cannot be claimed by wife as a matter of course merely by pleading inconvenience...........
Civil Procedure Code, 1908, Section 24 -- Transfer of matrimonial case - Case has reached its final stage - Transfer of case to another Court at this stage is highly unjustified and improper - Grievance of wife could be adequately addressed by appointing a Commissioner for recording evidence - Moreover, in mediated settlement agreement, wife had expressly agreed to fully..........
Civil Procedure Code, 1908, Order 7, Rule 11(d) -- Rejection of plaint - Suit for declaration based on unregistered gift deed is nullity in law u/s 123 of T.P. Act - Cause of action cannot arise on basis of void document - Plaint rejected...........
Civil Procedure Code, 1908, Section 114, Order 47, Rule 1 -- Review - Non-party to proceedings if he perceives to be in position of a person aggrieved and satisfies Court as such, can seek review of an order passed therein...........
Civil Procedure Code, 1908, Order 6, Rule 17 -- Amendment of pleadings - Merit of amendment cannot be prejudged at the stage of considering application for amendment...........
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 -- Provision of O.11.R.21 CPC confines its applicability within the four corners i.e., failure of a party to comply with any order to : (i) answer interrogatories; (ii) make discovery of documents; and (iii) permit inspection of documents - Only in such eventualities question of striking out defence in case of defendants or..........
