Surjit Kaur Gill & Anr. Vs. Adarsh Kaur Gill & Anr.

Surjit Kaur Gill & Anr. Vs. Adarsh Kaur Gill & Anr.
Civil Procedure – Rejection of plaint
Civil Appeal No.8221 of 2011-Decided on 30-1-2014.
In the present case, it will be when the dispute arose because of the conduct of the respondent No.1 herein. The issue of limitation is always a mixed question of facts and law, and therefore, it could not be held that no case was made out for proceeding for a trial. Mr. C.A. Sundaram submitted that the respondent No.1 disputed the writing dated 12.2.1991, and it had to be forensically tested. This submission all the more justifies that the trial had to proceed. For deciding an application under Order 7 rule 11, one has to look at the plaint and decide whether it deserved to be rejected for the ground raised. In our view, the view taken by the Division Bench is clearly erroneous. The appeal is therefore allowed and the judgment and order of the Division Bench is set aside. The application made under Order 7 Rule 11 moved by the respondent No.1 herein will stand rejected. We may however clarify that all the observations herein are only for the purpose of deciding this appeal...read more

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *