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2023 Supreme(Raj) 2246

IN THE HIGH COURT OF RAJASTHAN AT JAIPUR BENCH
Ganesh Ram Meena, J.
Ramesh - Petitioner
Versus
Phatteram and Ors. - Respondents
S.B. Civil Writ Petition No. 3924 of 2019
Decided On : 04-07-2023

Advocates:
Advocate Appeared:
For the Petitioner: Mr. T.C. Vyas.
For the Respondent: Mr. Ram Babu Sharma.

Headnote:(A) Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 - Order 7, Rule 14(3) and Section 151 - Suit for permanent injunction - Application for taking documents on record dismissed by the trial court due to lack of relevance explanation - Petitioner's failure to articulate the necessity of documents for adjudication results in dismissal. (Paras 5, 9, 10)

(B) Discretion of the Court - The court has discretion in allowing applications under Order 7, Rule 14(3) CPC, which can only be exercised upon the applicant demonstrating the relevance of the documents sought to be admitted. (Paras 9, 10)

Facts of the case:
The petitioner filed a suit claiming ownership of a plot and sought to introduce documents related to another suit to support his claim. The trial court dismissed the application for lack of relevancy argumentation.

Findings of Court:
No grounds for interference with trial court's decision were established, confirming its order as reasonable and justified.

Issues: Whether the trial court erred in dismissing the application for not sufficiently demonstrating the relevance of proposed documents.

Ratio Decidendi: The court ruled that without sufficient explanation of relevance by the petitioner, the trial court rightly denied the application under its discretionary powers.

Result: Writ petition stands dismissed.

Table of Content
1. ownership and possession of property (Para 1 , 2)
2. relevance of documents in litigation (Para 3)
3. arguments against the petitioner’s application (Para 4)
4. court's reasoning on document relevance (Para 5 , 9 , 10)
5. arguments for and against the relevance of documents (Para 6 , 7)
6. discretion of the trial court (Para 8 , 11)
7. outcome of writ petition (Para 12 , 13)

ORDER :

Ganesh Ram Meena, J.

The petitioner/ plaintiff is aggrieved by the order dated 20.12.2018 passed by the court of learned Addl. civil Judge No.04, Bharatpur (for short 'the trial court') in suit No. 64/2016, dismissing his application filed by him under Order 7, Rule 14 (3) read with section 151 CPC.

2. The facts of the case are that the petitioner/plaintiff filed a suit for permanent injunction against the respondents/ defendants stating that the plot in question situated at village Dhanota, Tehsil & District Bharatpur is in his ownership and possession. He inherited the said property from his father and the defendants have no concern with the said plot. He further stated in the plaint that the defendants have threatened him to dispossess from the suit property and that cause of action entailed him in filing of the suit.

3. On 22.05.2018 petitioner/ plaintiff filed an application under Order 7, Rule 14 (3) read with section 151 CPC for taking certain documents on record including the site commissioner's Report dated 29.07.2012 and the statements of cross-examination of the witnesses namely; Niranjan Singh, Mahendra Singh, Hotilal and Niranjan s/o Lohre, purportedly to prove his case laid in the suit.

4. Reply to the application of the petitioner/ plaintiff was filed by the respondents/ defendants stating that the petitioner /plaintiff has not stated a word in the application that how the documents, which he sought to be taken on record, are relevant for proper adjudication of the dispute between the parties as has been raised in the suit and prayed to dismiss the application filed by the petitioner/plaintiff.

5. The trial court considering the submissions of both the counsels appearing for the parties, dismissed the application filed by the petitioner/plaintiff under Order 7, Rule 14 (3)read with section 151 CPC observing that in the application the petitioner/plaintiff has not uttered a word that how these documents which are sought to be taken on record, are relevant for proper adjudication of the dispute agitated in the suit.

6. counsel appearing for the petitioner/ plaintiff submits that the documents which are sought to be taken on record are relevant for proving his case and, therefore, the application ought to have been allowed in the interest of justice. He further submits that the said documents are the part of other suit proceedings between the same parties.

7. counsel appearing for the respondents/ defendants submits that the trial court has not committed any error in dismissing the application filed by the petitioner /plaintiff because the petitioner /plaintiff has not uttered a word in his application that how these documents which are sought to be taken on record are relevant for proper adjudication of the issue.

8. Heard, considered.

9. The provisions of Order 7, Rule 14 (3) CPC provides for taking certain documents on record with the leave of the court which are necessary for proper adjudication of the dispute raised in the suit proceedings. The petitioner/ plaintiff did not set out any good and reasonable ground before the trial court to exercise its discretion in allowing the application filed by him under Order 7, Rule 14 (3) read with section 151 CPC. The exception under Order 7, Rule 14 (3) CPC can be invoked only with the leave of the trial court which is discretionary. The facts on which the leave of the court is sought under Order 7, Rule 14 (3) CPC are therefore relevant where the trial court on the assertion of the plaintiff finds that the documents in issue are relevant to the issue for adjudication before the court, in

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