Civil Procedure Code, 1908, Section 151 -- Suit filed against dead person - Application for dismissal of suit - Plaintiff was not aware of death of sole defendant - He learnt about death of defendant only when summons returned unserved with endorsement that defendant has died - Petitioner was not able to produce any evidence to attribute knowledge about death of his mother..........
Civil Procedure Code, 1908, Order 7, Rule 11 -- Rejection of plaint - Partial rejection of plaint cannot be permitted even if one of reliefs claimed in the suit survives...........
Civil Procedure Code, 1908, Order 7, Rule 11 -- Rejection of plaint - Suit for cancellation of sale deed and for perpetual injunction - Specific case of plaintiff is that defendant had obtained sale deed under coercion and by playing fraud and misrepresentation and no sale consideration has been paid to him - Cause of action is mixed question of facts and law and aspect of..........
Specific Relief Act, 1963, Section 38, 39 -- Permanent and mandatory injunction - Revenue records reflected joint ownership of suit land - Defendant admitted family settlement and plaintiff's exclusive possession of portion of suit property - Defendant's unambiguous acknowledgement of family arrangement carried decisive weight in upholding plaintiff's claim - Courts below..........
Registration Act, 1908, Section 17 -- Un-registered usufructuary mortgage deed - When an usufructuary mortgage is entered into, where the amount involved is more than Rs.100, then as per S.17 of the Act registration of said document is compulsory - Even though such unregistered document has been received in evidence and marked, plaintiff is entitled to rely on said..........
Agreement to sell -- Termination - Suit for specific performance - Where agreement was terminated by seller, there should be a prayer for declaration that termination of agreement for sale is bad in law, or that it does not bind plaintiff and in absence of such a prayer, suit filed for specific performance will not be maintainable...........
Agreement to sell -- Specific performance - Plaintiff was always ready and willing to perform his part of contract and same could not be performed due to default of defendants alone - Plea of defendant that value of property has increased considerably and as such granting a decree for specific performance will give unjust enrichment to plaintiff, not tenable, as breach..........
Civil Procedure Code, 1908, Order 39, Rule 1, 2 -- Anti-suit injunction - Court can issue anti-suit injunction despite the fact that other party had resorted to legal proceedings outside India...........
Civil Procedure Code, 1908, Order 7, Rule 11 -- Rejection of plaint - Power U.O.7.R.11 CPC can be exercised at any stage of suit, before registering plaint or after issuing summons to defendant or at any time before conclusion of trial...........
Civil Procedure Code, 1908, Order 7, Rule 11 -- Rejection of plaint - Suit for permanent injunction - Whether plaintiff is signatory to agreement and whether plaintiff handed over physical possession of land in question to defendants, is a question of fact which cannot be gone in while considering application for rejection of plaint - Application rightly rejected...........
