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2008 Supreme(Del) 841

MANMOHAN SINGH, A.K.SIKRI
MANSOOR MUMTAZ – Appellant
Versus
SAUDI ARABIAN AIRLINES CORPORATION – Respondent


Advocates Appeared:
Mr. S.D. Ansari, Adv.
Mr. Mudit Sharma, Adv. with Mr. Moazzam Khan, Adv.

MANMOHAN SINGH, J.

1. This Appeal has been filed against the impugned order dated 23rd July 2001 passed by the learned Single Judge of this Court in I.A. No. 2467 and 2468 of 2000 in Suit No. 2480/98 whereby the application of the Defendant under Order 7 Rule 11 read with Section 151 CPC was allowed and the plaint as such was rejected mainly on the ground that the suit is barred by strict provisions and rigours of sub-section (1) of Section 86 of the Code of Civil Procedure and the suit is not maintainable under Order 7 Rule 11 (d) of Code of Civil Procedure.

2. In the nutshell, brief facts for deciding the appeal are that on 12th November, 1996, there was a mid air collision of Saudi Arabian Airlines Boeing 747 ( flight SV 763) with Kazakistan Airlines near Charkhi Dadri, Haryana. One Ms. Farah Mumtaz was a passenger on board of Saudi Arabian Airlines. She died as a result of the said collision. The plaintiffs are the legal heirs of deceased Farah Mumtaz and claim compensation and damages from the Defendant Saudi Arabian Airlines Corporation. This suit is filed claiming a decree for 2,60,000 Francs equivalent to 17,030 gms of gold of millesimal fineness nine hundred converted into





















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