Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881, Section 4, 118 -- Promissory note - Recovery suit - Cash transaction - Merely because a person is not able to prove transfer through official modes i.e. through any negotiable instrument or bank transaction would not lead to conclusion that such amount was not paid through cash, especially when there was a categorical statement to this..........
Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881, Section 4, 118 -- Promissory note - Recovery suit - Specific stand of plaintiff that he has paid Rs.30,80,000 to defendant pursuant to promissory note - Onus would be on defendant to dispel such fact - Merely because plaintiff is not able to prove transfer through official modes i.e. through any negotiable instrument or bank transaction..........
Transfer of Property Act, 1882, Section 54 -- Sale - Agreement to sell does not confer a valid title on the plaintiff as it is not a deed of conveyance as per S.54 of the Act - At best, it only enables plaintiff to seek specific performance for execution of a sale deed and does not create an interest or charge on the suit property...........
Transfer of Property Act, 1882, Section 53A -- Part performance - Suit filed for possession along with other reliefs which means that on the date of filing of suit, plaintiff was not in possession - Since there was no possession with plaintiff as such he cannot derive any benefit under the doctrine of part performance...........
Power of Attorney Act, 1882, Section 2 -- General Power of Attorney (GPA) - GPA in question merely authorises grantee to manage affairs of suit property which includes power to let out property on rent and create a mortgage of the same etc. - However, it is silent on the aspect of conveyance - Recitals of power of attorney would indicate the intent of grantor is to limit..........
Civil Procedure Code, 1908, Order 6, Rule 17 -- Amendment of written statement - Suit for specific performance - Suit is at its final stage and is fixed for arguments - Nothing substantial was being sought to be incorporated by way of amendment - There is no merit in the application - Application rightly dismissed...........
Civil Procedure Code, 1908, Order 7, Rule 11 -- Rejection of plaint - Barred by limitation - Total delay in filing suit after excluding period undergone for mediation was 84 days - In fact, application for mediation was filed after expiry of period of limitation - Period during which mediation was pending is only theoretically excluded - Suit rightly dismissed being barred..........
Court Fees Act, 1870, Section 7(iv)(c), 7(v) -- Ad valorem Court fee - Suit for declaration and cancellation of transfer deed - Non-executant - Plaintiff was not executant of transfer deed in question and he has also claimed relief of possession - Ad valorem Court fee would be payable in terms of provisions of Ss.7(iv)(c) and S.7(v) of the Act and not in terms of market..........
Civil Procedure Code, 1908, Order 7, Rule 11, Commercial Courts Act, 2016, Section 12A -- Rejection of plaint - Non-compliance of S.12-A of Commercial Courts Act - Plaintiff itself alleges in plaint that infringement was being done by defendants since April 2023 - There is no whisper in application as to what necessitated plaintiffs to seek urgent relief, by bypassing..........
Civil Procedure Code, 1908, Order 21, Rule 99 -- Execution - Third party objections - Wife of JD filed objections that decree has been obtained by DH by way of fraud - There is no matrimonial discord between petitioner and her husband/JD - Objection application is for all purposes is at the behest of her husband/JD only - Moreover, for totally unexplained reasons, JD did..........
