Civil Procedure Code, 1908, Order 6, Rule 17 -- Amendment of plaint - Suit for declaration of ownership - Amendment sought to incorporate alternative relief of possession - Plaintiff was never in possession of suit property as per findings of trial Court - He had claimed ownership on basis of sale deed executed by one `S' - However, ownership of said `S' over suit property..........
Registration Act, 1908, Section 17 -- Registration - Compromise decree - It is only in case of compromise decree where property is not the subject matter of suit, but compromise has been arrived at between parties, decree needs to be registered...........
Civil Procedure Code, 1908, Order 1, Rule 10 -- Impleadment of a party - Partition suit - Respondent No.3 sought his impleadment on the basis of agreement to sell in his favour by respondent no.2 - It would be appropriate to implead respondent no.3 as a party to suit, so that he could put forth his objections to any partition and equities that would need to be worked out -..........
Civil Procedure Code, 1908, Order 7, Rule 11 -- Rejection of plaint - Suit for specific performance - Suit filed after a lapse of 28 years from the date of execution of agreement - Plaintiff stated in his plaint that he continued to pursue the agreement but on denial of defendants registered notice was given to them in the year 2020 - He thus, created cause of action for..........
Civil Procedure Code, 1908, Order 7, Rule 11 -- Rejection of plaint - Barred by limitation - Suit for cancellation of sale deed had to be filed within 3 years of execution of document - Contention of plaintiffs that they came to know regarding sale deed dated 25.10.1985 on 17.9.2015 not tenable as sale deed was executed by co-tenants who were brother and relatives of..........
Civil Procedure Code, 1908, Order 7, Rule 11 -- Rejection of plaint - Suit for compliance of compromise and permanent injunction - Civil Court has jurisdiction to try suit for compliance of compromise arrived at between parties - Plaint cannot be rejected...........
Mutation -- Question of title cannot be decided in mutation proceedings - Remedy for resolving title dispute is to file a regular suit in a competent Court...........
Partition suit -- Sanad Takseem - Merely on account of fact that one of co-sharers has expired just a few days prior to drawing of Sanad Takseem, said fact would not take away effect of partition effected between parties - Even otherwise, if Sanad Takseem has been drawn in favour of co-sharer who is stated to have expired in that eventuality LRs of said co-sharer can very..........
Civil Procedure Code, 1908, Order 6, Rule 17 -- Amendment of written statement - Original written statement itself disputed the title of plaintiff over suit property - Specific averment in written statement that plaintiff ought to have asked for a declaration cannot be said to be something that amounted to new defence or debarring plaintiff from the advantage of relying on..........
Civil Procedure Code, 1908, Order 7, Rule 11 -- Rejection of plaint - Barred by limitation - Suit for declaration along with consequential relief of injunction - Once date of knowledge is specifically pleaded and forms basis of cause of action, issue of limitation cannot be decided summarily - It becomes a mixed question of law and fact, which cannot be adjudicated at the..........
