Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881, Section 138 -- Dishonour of cheque - Restoration of complaint dismissed in default - Held, having regard to submissions advanced at bar and in the interest of justice, order dismissing complaint set aside - Complaint restored...........
Civil Procedure Code, 1908, Order 6, Rule 17 -- Amendment of plaint - Suit for specific performance - Proposed amendment regarding subsequent sale after passing of ex parte decree and before ex parte decree was set aside - Amendment was sought immediately after restoration of suit - It cannot be said that there was absence of due diligence or any gross delay - Even..........
Civil Procedure Code, 1908, Order 9, Rule 9, Limitation Act, 1963, Section 5 -- Restoration of suit - Dismissed in default - Condonation of delay - Reasons given by appellant for her non-appearance and delay are bona fide and constitute sufficient cause - Trial Court has erred in rejecting restoration application on technical grounds, thereby depriving appellant of an..........
Civil Procedure Code, 1908, Order 41, Rule 19, Limitation Act, 1963, Section 5 -- Restoration of appeal dismissed in default - Condonation of delay of 5250 days - When delay of long period of time is sought to be condoned, Court should not rule out involvement of third parties in litigation - Court, in fact, should presume that third party rights may have been created..........
Civil Procedure Code, 1908, Order 21, Rule 32(5) -- Execution - Decree for prohibitory injunction - Violation of decree - To give full effect to an injunction decree, executing Court may also remove every obstruction set up in breach thereof, so that successful litigant may truly reap the benefit of adjudication - Mere penal consequences under contempt jurisdiction may not..........
Civil Procedure Code, 1908, Order 9, Rule 9 -- Restoration of suit dismissed in default - Application for restoration of suit allowed by trial Court subject to payment of costs by plaintiff - Costs paid - Trial Court committed error by recording a finding that suit cannot be restored, as plaintiff failed to pay costs - Order of trial Court set aside - Suit restored...........
Civil Procedure Code, 1908, Order 7, Rule 11, Hindu Marriage Act, 1955, Section 9 -- Rejection of petition filed u/s 9 of Hindu Marriage Act - Ex parte divorce decree passed against wife - However, wife already filed an application to set aside said ex parte decree - Therefore, there is every possibility of restoration of divorce petition filed by husband for disposal on..........
Limitation Act, 1963, Section 5 -- Condonation of delay - Delay of 109 days in filing restoration petition - Plaintiff wilfully delaying the process - Conduct of plaintiff throughout proceedings indicates an indifferent attitude to proceed with the case and had intended to keep the litigation alive - Trial Court ought not to have allowed application for condonation of..........
Civil Procedure Code, 1908, Section 151 -- Restoration of appeal - Dismissal of appeal due to non-furnishing of requisite Court fees - Opportunity was given to make good Court fee, but same was not complied with - Even application for restoration of appeal was not accompanied with requisite Court fee - Order of restoration of appeal set aside...........
Limitation Act, 1963, Section 5 -- Condonation of delay - Delay of 2117 days in filing restoration application - No cogent and proper explanation given for condonation of such a huge delay - Even, explanation furnished by plaintiffs in so many paragraphs of delay condonation petition fails to provide sufficient cause for delay - Order allowing petition for condonation and..........
