High Court Of Rajasthan
Judgename : N.M. Kasliwal
Ramesh Chandra - Appellant
Versus
Mukhtyar Singh - Respondent
Civil Revision No. 73 of 1978
Decided On : 09/28/1979
IMPLEADER - ORDER 1 RULE 10 CPC - ORDER 1 RULE 10 CPC - A person claiming a right in the property independently and adversely to the interest of the plaintiff as well as the defendants cannot be impleaded as a party in the suit.
Fact of the Case:
The plaintiff filed a suit for declaration that the suit property belonged to him and a sale-deed made by defendants Nos. 1 and 2 in favour of defendant No. 3 be declared null and void against the plaintiff. One Shri Mohanlal alleging himself to be a Pujari of Shri Satya Sahib Birajman Mandir Shri Satya Sahib Kumbher filed an application under Order 1 Rule 10 C. P. G, for impleading Shri Satya Sahib Biraj-man Mandir Shri Satya Sahib Kumbher as a party in the suit on the ground that the suit property belonged to the applicant and was in his possession and that the plaintiff was neither the owner of the suit property nor was in possession.
Finding of the Court:
The court held that the trial court committed a serious illegality in the exercise of its jurisdiction in impleading the non-petitioner No. 4 as a party in the present suit.
Issues: Whether a person claiming a right in the property independently and adversely to the interest of the plaintiff as well as the defendants can be impleaded as a party in the suit.
Ratio Decidendi: A person who is coming forward on the basis of a title independently in his own right cannot be impleaded as a party in the suit. The non-petitioner No. 4 is claiming the title and possession over the property independently in his own right and if he is not impleaded as a party in the suit, no judgment or decree passed in the suit can ever bind him.
Final Decision: The revision petition was allowed and the order of the trial court impleading the non-petitioner No. 4 Shri Satya Sahib Birajman Mandir Shri Satya Sahib Kumbher, as a party in the suit under Order 1, Rule 10 CPC was set aside.
N.M. Kasliwal, J.-This is a defendant’s revision against the order of the learned Additional Munsiff Magistrate No. 1, Bharatpur dated 15-11-1977, whereby he allowed the application of the non-petitioner No. 4 Shri Satya Sahib Birajman Mandir Shri Satya Sahib Kumbher under Order 1 Rule 10 CPC
2. Brief facts leading to this revision are that the plaintiff non-petitioner Hinimat Singh filed a suit for declaration that the suit property mentioned in para No. 1 of the plaint belonged to him and a sale-deed made by defendants Nos. 1 and 2 in favour of defendant No. 3 be declared null and void against the plaintiff It has further been prayed that the possession of the suit property be delivered to the plaintiff from the defendants. One Shri Mohanlal alleging himself to be a Pujari of Shri Satya Sahib Birajman Mandir Shri Satya Sahib Kumbher filed an application under Order 1 Rule 10 C. P. G, for impleading Shri Satya Sahib Biraj-man Mandir Shri Satya Sahib Kumbher as a party in the suit on the ground that the suit property belonged to the applicant and was in his possession and that the plaintiff was neither the owner of the suit property nor was in possession. It was further pleaded that the suit has been filed by the plaintiff in collusion with the defendants and in case any decree would be passed it would seriously affect the interest of the applicant Both the plaintiff as well as the defen dants contested the application filed by the non-petitioner No. 4 and also denied that the applicant had any right or possession over the suit property and that Mohanlal was neither the manager nor Pujari of non-petitioner No. 4. The learned trial Court by its impugned order allowed the application filed by the non-petitioner No. 4 and impleaded him as a party in the suit. Aggrieved against the aforesaid order the defendant Ramesh Chandra has come in revision before this Court.
3. Mr. Kejariwal, learned Counsel for the petitioner, has contended that the trial Court committed a material irregularity in exercise of its jurisdiction in impleading the non-petitioner as a party in the suit inasmuch as the non-petitioner No. 4 was claiming a right in the property independently and adversely to the interest of the plaintiff as well as the defendants. A person who is coining torward on the basis of a title independently in his own right cannot be impleaded as a party in the suit. It is further submitted that by impleading the non-petitioner No. 4 as a party in the suit the scope of enquiry of the present suit will be entirely changed and such person cannot be permitted to be impleaded as a party under Order 1 Rule 10 CPC Mr. Soral appearing on behalf of the plaintiff-non-petitioner has also supported the contentions raised by Mr, Kejariwal.
4. Mr. Bhandari, appearing on behalf of non-petitioner No. 4, has contended that the defendant petitioner Ramesh Chandra can have no grievance against the impugned order passed by the trial Court. According to the learned Counsel even if for argument sake, it may be admitted that the trial Court was wrong in impleading the non-petitioner No. 4 as a party in the suit, it is only the plaintiff who could have made any grievance and a defendant who has to fight a litigation against the plaintiff Himmat Singh cannot make a grievance that the non-petitioner No. 4 cannot be impleaded as a party in the suit. It was further contended that the trial Court had a discretion to implead a party under Order 1 Rule 10 CPC and this Court cannot interfere in the exercise of revisionaljuris-diction under Section 115 CPC.
5. Fromthe averments made in the plaint it is clear that the plaintiff is claiming his rights in the property in his own right. He has not made any claim through the non-petitioner No. 4 nor he has shown any relationship with the non-petitioner No. 4. In the suit filed against the defendant by Himmat Singh plaintiff the controversy will be determined between the parties as regards the question of the right o
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