Civil Procedure Code, 1908, Section 10, 151, Order 4A -- (As in UP) - Stay of subsequent suit - Earlier suit is one for declaration and subsequent suit is for partition - Both the suits are pending in the same Court - Continuance of subsequent suit is contingent upon findings of prior suit - To avoid conflicting findings when there are identical issues in both the suits..........
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, Section 151, Partition Act, 1893, Section 3 -- Partition suit - Auction sale - Property cannot be beneficially partitioned into six equal shares and even if it is divided, its value would be diminished as per report of Advocate Commissioner - No objections were filed by any of parties regarding report of Advocate Commissioner - Auction of..........
Civil Procedure Code, 1908, Section 151, Order 9, Rule 9, Limitation Act, 1963, Section 5 -- Restoration of suit dismissed in default - Plaintiff suffered an order of dismissal, as his counsel has noted wrong date of hearing in his diary - Litigant cannot be made to suffer on account of negligence or lapse on the part of his advocate - Sufficient cause shown by plaintiff..........
Hindu Marriage Act, 1955, Section 12, Evidence Act, 1872, Section 45, Civil Procedure Code, 1908, Section 75E, 151 -- Annulment of marriage - Status of potency - Medical test - Denial of marriage - Matrimonial Court has power to order a person to undergo medical test - It cannot be contended that relief cannot be granted in the present merely because marriage was denied...........
Civil Procedure Code, 1908, Section 151, Order 18, Rule 17 -- Recall of witnesses for further cross-examination - Non briefing of counsel at the time of cross examination of witnesses is not a ground for recalling witnesses for further cross examination...........
Civil Procedure Code, 1908, Section 151, Order 18, Rule 17 -- Recall of witnesses for further cross-examination - Filing of application at belated stage without cogent reasons, which is filed to fill up lacunae - Application rightly dismissed...........
Civil Procedure Code, 1908, Section 151 -- Additional evidence - Notwithstanding deletion of O.18.R.17-A CPC, Court has inherent powers to permit parties to lead additional evidence on such terms as may appear to be just...........
Civil Procedure Code, 1908, Section 151 -- Giving up witness after tendering his affidavit of examination-in-chief - Merely because affidavit is tendered in evidence does not mean that witness has to be cross examined - Plaintiff is dominus litis - Defendant cannot insist that plaintiff should examine such a witness - Order allowing giving up witness, upheld...........
Civil Procedure Code, 1908, Section 151 -- Police protection - Decree of permanent injunction - Violation - Plea by J.D. that some steps have been taken to record himself as a cultivating tenant - However, so far no order has been passed by revenue authorities - No ground to interfere with the order of Executing Court in directing police protection...........
