Civil Procedure Code, 1908, Order 8, Rule 1 -- Written statement to amended plaint - Condonation of delay - Written statement to amended plaint raising certain formal issue is sought to be filed - Entire case will not be reopened for fresh trial - Once the defendant already filed written statement to unamended plaint in which certain formal issues were raised later on,..........
Civil Procedure Code, 1908, Order 8, Rule 10 -- Written statement - Not filed within time - Mere failure or neglect of a defendant to file written statement, in all cases, may not entitle him to a judgment in his favour unless by adducing evidence he proves his case/claim...........
Civil Procedure Code, 1908, Order 8, Rule 10 -- Written statement - Filed by one out of several defendants denying plaint averments - Plaintiffs claim be proved by evidence, oral and documentary, instead of decreeing suit against one of defendants in most slipshod manner...........
Civil Procedure Code, 1908, Order 7, Rule 14, Civil Procedure Code, 1908, Order 8, Rule 1A(4)(a), Civil Procedure Code, 1908, Order 13, Rule 1(3), Evidence Act, 1872, Section 137 -- Production of documents - at the stage of cross examination of a party when appearing as its own witness or a witness, is permissible in law...........
Civil Procedure Code, 1908, Order 8, Rule 1A -- Late production of documents - Merely on the ground of delay, an application U.O.8.R.1-A CPC is not to be rejected...........
Civil Procedure Code, 1908, Order 8, Rule 1A -- Late production of documents - No pleading of the defendant in written statement regarding documents sought to be produced - Application rightly rejected...........
Civil Procedure Code, 1908, Order 8, Rule 6A -- Counter claim - Cause of action for filing counter claim is completely distinct from cause of action on which plaintiff has approached Court - Merely because parties are same and properties are adjacent, it will not necessarily lead to an inference that issues are connected and claims of both the parties should be tried..........
Civil Procedure Code, 1908, Order 8, Rule 6A -- Counter claim - Cause of action for filing counter claim is completely distinct from cause of action on which plaintiff has approached Court - Merely because parties are same and properties are adjacent, it will not necessarily lead to an inference that issues are connected and claims of both the parties should be tried..........
Civil Procedure Code, 1908, Section 151, Order 8, Rule 1 -- Written statement - Late production of documents - Documents in question are public documents and reliability and sanctity of the same cannot be doubted - Trial is still at evidence stage of defendant - Documents cannot be rejected merely on the ground of delay, as defendant validly disclosed the reason for not..........
Civil Procedure Code, 1908, Order 8, Rule 6A -- Counter claim - Defendant may file counter clam as against claim of plaintiff before defendant delivers his defence or before time limited for delivering his defence has expired...........
