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2008 Supreme(Cal) 833

S.S.NIJJAR, PINAKI CHANDRA GHOSE
West Bengal Government Employees Cooperative Soc Ltd – Appellant
Versus
Debabrata Sen – Respondent


Advocates Appeared:
For the Appearing Parties:Abhrajit Mitra, Anindya Kumar Mitra, Anirban Ray, Arindam Banerjee, C.K. Dutta, D. Bera, D. Mitra, Hirak Mitra, Jayanta Mitra, Jharna Ghosh, Jishnu Saha, Manik Das, Pradip Dutta, Pratap Chatterji, Ranjan Deb, Ritabrata Mitra, Samrat Sen, Sourav Ghosh, Surajit Nath Mitra, Tanoy Chakraborty, Advocates.

Judgement Key Points

Certainly. Based on the provided legal document, here are the key points:

  • The appeal challenges an order that dismissed a suit related to a property dispute involving an agreement for sale and subsequent legal proceedings (!) (!) .

  • The case history involves a registered agreement for sale, land vesting orders, writ petitions, and multiple suits filed by the appellant for specific performance of the contract (!) (!) .

  • The land was initially vested into the State but was later ordered to be de-vested by the court, leading to the filing of suits by the appellant to enforce the agreement for sale (!) (!) .

  • The appellant filed multiple suits, including a suit for specific performance and a subsequent suit after the earlier suit was withdrawn. The withdrawal of the earlier suit was under the provision allowing withdrawal with liberty to refile, but the order was specifically unconditional (!) (!) .

  • The court examined whether the subsequent suit was barred due to the withdrawal of the previous suit without conditions, referencing the applicable procedural rules and the court’s prior orders (!) (!) (!) .

  • The court emphasized that the order for withdrawal was unconditional, and therefore, the bar against filing a fresh suit applied. The court held that the plaintiff could not claim liberty to file a new suit based on the earlier withdrawal order (!) (!) .

  • The court also considered the scope of the liberty granted by the Supreme Court order, which was for parties to enforce their rights in accordance with law, not a blanket permission to refile suits regardless of procedural restrictions (!) .

  • The relevant procedural rule states that if a suit or part of a claim is withdrawn without permission, the plaintiff is liable for costs and barred from instituting a fresh suit on the same subject matter (!) .

  • The court concluded that the earlier withdrawal was unconditional and that the subsequent suit was barred by law, leading to the dismissal of the appeal and affirmation of the lower court’s order (!) (!) .

  • The decision underscores the importance of adhering to procedural rules regarding withdrawal and the conditions attached to such withdrawals, emphasizing that unconditional withdrawals trigger statutory bar provisions against re-filing (!) (!) .

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Judgment :-

PINAKI CHANDRA GHOSE, J.

(1) THIS appeal is directed against an order dated 19th June, 2008 passed by the Honble Interlocutory Judge, whereby his Lordship was pleased to dismiss the suit being E. O. S. No. 3 of 2006.

(2) THE facts of the case briefly are as follows : on 13th March, 1968, an agreement for sale was registered in favour of the applellant/plaintiff by the owners of the land. The said land was vested into the State under the Estates Acquisition Act vide memo issued by the additional District Magistrate (L. R), 24-Parganas with effect from 22nd september, 1971 and the State of West Bengal granted a long term lease of 30 years in favour of the appellant/plaiintiff. A writ petition was filed challenging the said vesting order. On 24th September, 1992, the Honble writ Court was pleased to set aside the said vesting order and allowed the writ petition filed by the owners.

(3) ON 24th July, 1995, the appellant/plaintiff herein filed a suit being t. S. No. 127 of 1995 in the Court of the Learned 5th Additional District judge at Alipore against the owners for specific performance of the agreement dated 3rd March, 1968. On 4th September, 1995, the appellant/plaintiff her





























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