Civil Procedure Code, 1908, Order 2, Rule 2 -- Bar of subsequent suit - Agreement to sell - At the time of filing suit for permanent injunction, plaintiff knew that defendant has refused to honour agreement to sell and inspite of accrual of cause of action for filing suit for specific performance plaintiff did not include the relief of specific performance - Subsequent..........
Agreement to sell -- Specific performance - Courts below while decreeing the suit failed to examine evidence in detail that scribe failed to prove the execution of agreement to sell - Stamp vendor not examined - Only oral evidence was produced - More so, possession of suit property was delivered to plaintiff on the date of contract itself, however his counsel made a..........
Agreement to sell -- Specific performance - Suspicion regarding date of execution of agreement to sell - Plaintiff filed suit with incorrect assertions that possession was delivered - More so, plaintiff in his earlier suit for injunction knew that property transferred as per compromise decree under the ownership of defendants No.2 & 3 but still he waited more than 1 year..........
Specific Relief Act, 1963, Section 34 -- Suit for declaration - Mutation entries - Entries made in mutation register by Patwari in discharge of his public duties or orders passed thereon by Revenue Officer would be a relevant evidence u/s 35 of Evidence Act - In present case, mutation in favour of executant's son was given effect to in record of rights i.e. Jamabandi of..........
Transfer of Property Act, 1882, Section 106, 113 -- Suit for eviction - First Notice - Acceptance of rent after issuance of first notice - Landlord giving second notice and then filing suit for eviction - Mere acceptance of rent does not amount to waiver of first notice unless there is any other evidence to prove that landlord intended to do so - Tenant liable to evict..........
Civil Procedure Code, 1908, Section 10 -- Stay of proceedings in subsequent suit - Two different suits filed in different jurisdiction for same estate - Suit at Ambala seeks decree of mandatory injunction directing petitioner to vacate suit premises and hand over its possession on basis of oral family settlement in 1998 whereas suit at Meerut seeks partition of entire..........
Civil Procedure Code, 1908, Order 9, Rule 13 -- Ex parte decree - Setting aside - Suit for recovery of Rs.63.41 lakhs - As per direction of Supreme Court defendant deposited a sum of Rs.70 lakhs - Defendant has shown his bona fide by depositing said amount - Without going into merits of case, with a view to afford an opportunity of hearing to defendant in suit, ex parte..........
Civil Procedure Code, 1908, Order 8, Rule 9 -- Rejoinder - Issue of exchange of property raised for first time in written statement - If theory of exchange as advanced by defendants is found to be correct, plaintiffs may loose their case - Plaintiffs therefore, entitled to question this pleading which can no, suit their case totally - Filing of rejoinder thus, warranted in..........
Civil Procedure Code, 1908, Order 6, Rule 17 -- Amendment of plaint - Suit for permanent injunction - Amendment sought to include relief of possession - Once there is specific prayer for declaring the agreement to sell to be null and void, relief of possession is inevitable...........
Suit for possession -- On basis of redemption of suit land - Challenging execution of sale deed - Plea of plaintiff that at time of execution of sale deed they were minor and sale deed is forged document - No evidence on record produced to prove minority of plaintiffs through date of birth as well as forgery of document of sale deed - Matriculation certificates have no..........
