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RAJASTHAN HIGH COURT
Vineet Kothari, J.
Pradeep Kumar Bishnol and others - Appellant
Versus
Amandeep and others - Respondent
S.B. Civil Revision Petition No.160 and 161 of 2015.
Decided On : 8-10-2015
ORDER 7 RULE 11 CPC - SUIT FOR PARTITION - CANCELLATION OF WILLS - MIXED QUESTION OF FACT AND LAW - APPLICATION FOR REJECTION OF PLAINT - DISMISSED - REVISION PETITION - DISMISSED.
Fact of the Case:
Plaintiff Amandeep filed a suit seeking cancellation of two Wills executed by his grandfather in favor of defendant Pradeep Kumar and, in the alternative, partition of the suit property as joint family property. The defendants filed an application under Order 7, Rule 11 CPC for rejection of the plaint, arguing that a suit for partition cannot be maintained by a son during the lifetime of his father. The trial court rejected the application, and the defendants filed revision petitions.
Finding of the Court:
The court held that the suit could not be thrown out at the threshold on an application under Order 7, Rule 11 CPC because mixed questions of fact and law were involved that required evidence to be led by the parties. The court also held that the transposition of defendants No. 7 & 8, who had accepted the plaint averments in their written statement, did not cause any prejudice to the contesting defendants.
Issues: 1. Whether a suit for partition can be maintained by a son during the lifetime of his father? 2. Whether the suit should be dismissed at the threshold on an application under Order 7, Rule 11 CPC?
Ratio Decidendi: 1. The court held that the maintainability of a suit for partition by a son during the lifetime of his father is a mixed question of fact and law that requires evidence to be led by the parties. 2. The court held that the suit could not be dismissed at the threshold on an application under Order 7, Rule 11 CPC because mixed questions of fact and law were involved.
Final Decision: The court dismissed the revision petitions filed by the defendants.
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