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Category: C P C

C P C

Amendment of written statement–Petitioners were fully aware of the Will in question, but had not even mentioned the same in their written statement–Petitioners attempted to introduce a new story by way of defence in order to prolong the disposal of the appeal–Amendment of pleadings not allowed.

Nov 13, 2018 sclaw

2010(1) LAW HERALD (SC) 232 IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA Before The Hon’ble Mr. Justice Altamas Kabir The Hon’ble Mr. Justice Markandey Katju Special Leave Petition (C) No. 3592…

C P C

Civil Procedure Code, 1908, Order 39, Rule 1 and 2 and Section 151–Interim Injunction–High Court set aside the order of injunction passed by the trial Court–Appeal–Object of the Trust in wanting to acquire the suit property was to extend its school unit and if the suit property is allowed to be commercially exploited, the entire object of the suit filed by the appellant Trust will be rendered meaningless–Order of the High Court set aside–Appeal allowed–In the light of the principles of balance of convenience and inconvenience, interim relief should be granted to the appellant Trust.                   

Nov 12, 2018 sclaw

2010(1) LAW HERALD (SC) 209 IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA Before The Hon’ble Mr. Justice Altamas Kabir The Hon’ble Mr. Justice Cyriac Joseph Civil Appeal Nos. 8081-8082 of 2009…

C P C

Withdrawal of Suit–Trial court dismissed the suit for partition as withdrawn–In terms of order XXIII Rule 1 of the Code of Civil Procedure, it is the privilege of the plaintiff alone to withdraw the plaint at any stage of the proceedings and the appellant being only one of the defendants having played the fraud in getting the suit dismissed as withdrawn, has no locus to object to the restoration of the suit.

Nov 11, 2018 sclaw

2010(1) LAW HERALD (SC) 143 IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA Before The Hon’ble Mr. Justice B. Sudershan Reddy The Hon’ble Mr. Justice J.M. Panchal Civil Appeal No. 8407 of…

C P C

Second Appeal—Reasoned Order—It is of no significance, whether the respondent has appeared at the time of final hearing of the appeal or not. – The High Court, in any case, has to proceed in accordance with the procedure prescribed under Section 100 while disposing of the appeal, whether in limine or at the final hearing stage.

Nov 3, 2018 sclaw

2018(3) Law Herald (SC) 1766 :2018 LawHerald.Org 1108 IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA Before Hon’ble Mr. Justice R.K. Agrawal Hon’ble Mr. Justice Abhay Manohar Sapre Civil Appeal Nos. 9118-9119…

C P C

Injunction—Question of Title—Findings of title can be recorded in a suit for injunction if there are necessary and appropriate issues regarding question of title Second Appeal—Question of Title—High Court while dismissing the second appeal being devoid of merit was not justified in making an observation which has the potential of reopening the already settled issue of title in respect of the suit property—Such findings set aside

Nov 1, 2018 sclaw

2018(3) Law Herald (SC) 2337 : 2017 LawHerald.Org 1522 SUPREME COURT OF INDIA DIVISION BENCH UNION OF INDIA — Appellant  Vs.  VIJAY KRISHNA UNIYAL (D) THROUGH L.RS. — Respondent ( Before : Kurian…

C P C

Civil Procedure Code, 1908, S, 100-Second Appeal-Substantial Question of law-High Court also failed to see that the issue of resjudicata and the issue of ownership were independent issues and the decision on one would not have answered the other one—In other words, both the issues had to be examined independent of each other on their respective merits—It was, however, possible only after framing of substantial questions on both the issues as provided under Section 100(4) and (5) of the Code—This was, however, not done in this case-Case remanded back

Nov 1, 2018 sclaw

2018(3) Law Herald (SC) 2311 : 2018 LawHerald.Org 1519     SUPREME COURT OF INDIA DIVISION BENCH NARAYANA GRAMANI — Appellant Vs. MARIAMMAL — Respondent ( Before : Abhay Manohar Sapre and…

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