Indian Contract Act, 1872, Section 29 -- Suit for partition - During pendency of suit plaintiff executed undertaking qua plaint schedule item No.6, in favour of defendant whereby plaintiff agreed to be satisfied with whatever amount defendant may give him at the time of sale of such item of property - Terms are vague and uncertain - Period within which property is to be..........
Civil Procedure Code, 1908, Order 6, Rule 17 -- Amendment of plaint - Suit for specific performance - Amendment sought to be introduced in relation to partition decree is neither relevant nor bona fide - Same has been sought to be introduced at a belated stage without providing any justifiable explanation for delay - Amendment application rightly rejected qua partition..........
Co-sharer -- Injunction - Co-sharer in physical possession of a specific portion of joint land, whose possession is admitted, cannot be restrained from raising construction thereupon - However, any construction raised by the respondents over their exclusive portion, shall remain subject to the final outcome of the partition proceedings...........
Civil Procedure Code, 1908, Order 39, Rule 1, 2 -- Stay application - Suit for mandatory and permanent injunction - No material on record to show that defendants have encroached upon or merged any area beyond their admitted possession - Since suit for partition is pending and defendants are in exclusive possession of their respective portions - Any construction raised by..........
Civil Procedure Code, 1908, Order 6, Rule 17 -- Amendment of plaint - Partition suit - Amendment sought to include some properties - Plaintiff in a partition suit may not be aware of all properties sought to be partitioned of common ancestral properties and if during pendency of case, acquire such knowledge about some more properties that need to be partitioned or included..........
Civil Procedure Code, 1908, Order 6, Rule 17 -- Amendment of plaint - Partition suit - Plaintiff came to know about properties that are now proposed to be included in suit schedule properties only after analyzing admission of defendants - Proposed items of properties, could not have been brought on record prior to commencement of trial, despite due diligence by plaintiff -..........
Specific Relief Act, 1963, Section 38, 39 -- Co-owners - Suit for permanent or mandatory injunction - Not maintainable against another co-owner, notwithstanding the fact that different co-owners may be in a separate actual possession of distinct portions - In such circumstances, the only appropriate and legally permissible course open to plaintiff was to seek partition of..........
Evidence Act, 1872, Section 102 -- Burden of proof - Suit for declaration that partition deed is null and void - Initial burden is on plaintiff to prove that partition deed is invalid and is liable to be declared as null and void - On discharge of initial burden by plaintiffs, onus shifts to defendants to prove validity of partition deed...........
Civil Procedure Code, 1908, Order 26, Rule 9 -- Appointment of Advocate Commissioner - Without issuing notice to defendants/petitioners - Partition suit - Commissioner appointed to take measurements of suit property in terms of preliminary decree - While taking mere measurements of property which is to be partitioned, irrespective of presence of any of party, measurements..........
Civil Procedure Code, 1908, Order 7, Rule 11 -- Rejection of plaint - Suit for possession/eviction - Plaintiff is claiming ownership over shop in question on the basis of preliminary partition decree - Admittedly, preliminary decree cannot be questioned by defendants as they have no locus standi to challenge the same being tenants and has not alleged that preliminary..........
