Clean hands -- Non disclosure of filing of earlier suit and withdrawal thereof without liberty to file another suit - It is a material fact - Plaintiff thus failed to approach Court with clean hands - Judgment and decree passed by trial Court dismissing suit upheld...........
Civil Procedure Code, 1908, Section 17, 20 -- Jurisdiction of Court - Suit for declaration - Properties spread over at different places - One of such property situated within jurisdiction of Court at place `B' - Suit rightly instituted in Court at place `B'...........
Civil Procedure Code, 1908, Order 33, Rule 1 -- Indigent person - Rent derived from property in dispute - Cannot be taken into consideration for ascertaining petitioner as indigent person - Since suit property cannot be taken into account while determining sufficient means as such any benefit such as rent etc. arising out of said property could also not to be considered in..........
Specific Relief Act, 1963, Section 20, Indian Contract Act, 1872, Section 18, 19 -- Agreement to sell - Suit for specific performance - Document obtained by misrepresentation is voidable and has to be set aside - Failure to do would render decree of specific performance on basis of oral agreement to sell will be null and void and non est...........
Civil Procedure Code, 1908, Section 96, Order 9, Rule 13 -- Ex parte decree - Appeal against - Appellant while challenging ex parte decree by filing an appeal, can always point out from record of trial Court that order passed to proceed with the suit ex parte against him was illegal...........
Civil Procedure Code, 1908, Order 9, Rule 13, Civil Procedure Code, 1908, Order 5, Rule 17 -- Ex parte decree - Appeal against - Appellant can always point out from record of trial Court that order proceeding him ex parte was illegal - Record shows that attempt to service summons by regular mode failed as premises of appellant were found to be locked - Trial Court did not..........
Civil Procedure Code, 1908, Order 39, Rule 1, 2 -- Temporary injunction - Question of maintainability of suit cannot be effectively decided while deciding an application U.O.39.Rr.1, 2 CPC, as at this stage prima facie assessment has to be made qua material on record...........
Mutation -- Mutation proceedings are summary in nature, which are subject to finding recorded in a regular suit...........
Benami Transactions (Prohibition) Act, 1988, Section 4(3)(a) -- Benami transaction - Plaintiff father proved that properties had been purchased with his funds in the name of his two minor sons having no source of income - He also proved that he had possession of property - Defendant/son admitted the suit averments - In these circumstances, elements necessary to establish..........
Civil Procedure Code, 1908, Order 6, Rule 17 -- Amendment of plaint - Cause of action and claim introduced and set up by way of proposed amendment clearly barred by limitation - Even otherwise plaintiff were precluded from raising the same issue which was already decided in first suit - Order allowing amendment set aside...........
