Civil Procedure Code, 1908, Order 6, Rule 17 -- Amendment of plaint - Amendment of plaint when introducing a new claim, which would be barred by limitation, cannot be allowed...........
Civil Procedure Code, 1908, Order 6, Rule 17, Specific Relief Act, 1963, Section 22 -- Amendment of plaint, during pendency of appeal, to seek alternative relief of earnest money in a suit for specific performance - Alternative relief sought does not amount to introduction of new cause of action - Application rightly allowed...........
Civil Procedure Code, 1908, Section 11 -- Res judicata - Doctrine of res judicata is pure question of fact and same cannot be ascertained at a later stage of suit - It is only after both the parties have adduced their evidence, Court can ascertain whether suit is barred by res judicata or not...........
Civil Procedure Code, 1908, Section 11, Order 7, Rule 11 -- Rejection of plaint - Barred by res judicata - In order to decide an application U.O.7.R.11 CPC, Court has to evaluate the plaint only - In whole of plaint, there is no such averment from which it can be held that suit is barred by res judicata - Plaint cannot be rejected...........
Civil Procedure Code, 1908, Section 11, Order 7, Rule 11 -- Rejection of plaint - Deficient Court fee - Suit for declaration that sale deed is null and void - Plaintiff neither is executant of sale deed nor has sought possession - Being a non-executant, plaintiff can avoid sale deed and thus, is not required to affix ad valoram Court fee on the value of property - Plaint..........
Civil Procedure Code, 1908, Order 1, Rule 10 -- Impleadment of a party - Plaintiff is dominus litis - Defendant cannot ask plaintiff to add any person in the suit instituted by him - Application rightly dismissed...........
Civil Procedure Code, 1908, Order 7, Rule 11 -- Rejection of plaint - Deficient Court fee - For the purpose of evaluating the value of suit and for adjudicating upon application U.O.7.R.11 CPC, Court has to evaluate the plaint as a whole...........
Civil Procedure Code, 1908, Order 7, Rule 11, Representation of the Peoples Act, 1951, Section 86 -- Rejection of election petition - Election petition should not be rejected at the very threshold where there is a substantial compliance of provisions of Representation of the People Act...........
Civil Procedure Code, 1908, Order 8, Rule 1 -- Written statement - Not filed within time - Extension of time - Court of its own cannot extend time to file written statement in the absence of an application either for extension of time or for condonation of delay...........
Civil Procedure Code, 1908, Order 6, Rule 17 -- Amendment of written statement - Amendment sought to elaborate the pleadings which are already pleaded in the written statement by adding legal pleas, that (a) suit is hit by O.2.R.2 CPC; (b) suit is barred by limitation; (c) that they have perfected their title by adverse possession - Defendants have not withdrawn any..........
