IN THE HIGH COURT OF HIMACHAL PRADESH AT SHIMLA
SURESHWAR THAKUR, J.
Mohinder Kumar Sood - Plaintiff
Versus
Ramesh Kumar Sood and Others - Defendants
OMP No. 440 of 2018 & OMP No. 186 of 2018 in Civil Suit No. 2 of 2009
Decided On : 31-12-2018
Civil Procedure Code, 1908 - Order 2 Rule 2 - Order 7 Rule 10 and 11 - Civil Suit - Seeks an order – Seeking relief of partition - Pecuniary jurisdiction - Held, Court, by learned counsel for defendant , is, rudderless (i) given for purpose, of, valuation, of, suit for assumption of pecuniary jurisdiction, by Civil Court, requisite parameter for making an apt determination, being, one contained in Volume 1 Chapter 3, Part C of Punjab High Court Rules and Orders, relevant clause 8 whereof, is, extracted hereinafter, (ii) wherein it is categorically specified, that, in suits of partition vis-à-vis undivided properties, that apt mode for determining or making valuation, vis-à-vis, pecuniary jurisdiction of Civil Court concerned, being one appertaining, to, the entire valuation of entire undivided property, and, only obviously for affixation of Court fee, , value of share therein of applicant rather constituting apt parameter – Ordered accordingly.
JUDGMENT :
Sureshwar Thakur, J.
Through OMP No. 440 of 2018, the plaintiff/applicant seeks leave of the Court, to incorporate in paragraph 12, of the initially instituted plaint, the hereinafter extracted amendments:-
2. The defendant No.4/applicant, also through OMP No. 186 of 2018, cast under the provisions of Order 7 Rule 10 and 11 of the C.P.C., seeks an order being made by this Court, for, the plaint being returned to the plaintiff, for its, being files before the Civil Court concerned, hence, holding the requisite pecuniary jurisdiction, for, trying the civil suit.
3. Both the afore OMPs are hence amenable for a common verdict being rendered thereon, hence, they are disposed, of, under a common verdict. Upon a reading of paragraph 12 of the initially instituted plaint, it is manifest, that, some o the undivided suit properties rather remaining omitted, to be pleaded therein, and, through OMP No. 440 of 2018 the plaintiff/applicant seeks leave, to, add the apt properties, detailed therein, in, paragraph 12, of, the initially instituted plaint. Even though, the afore espoused relief is grantable to the plaintiff/applicant, given the adding of all the undivided suit properties, inter-se, the contesting litigants’ rather being a dire legal necessity, (i) given all being the subject matter of the extant lis, and, also, for obviating, the attraction thereon, the mandate of Order 2
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