IN THE HIGH COURT OF MADRAS
G.K. Ilanthiraiyan, J.
A. Mohammed Isac – Appellant
Versus
K. Srineevasayya and Ors. – Respondents
C.R.P. (PD) No. 3820 of 2015 and M.P. No. 1 of 2015
Decided On : 01-02-2021
Civil Procedure Code,1908 - Order 7, Rule 11 - Criminal Procedure Code,1973 - Section 482 - Void and for Permanent Injunction - Consequential relief for recovery of possession - Suit for Declaration of Title and Permanent Injunction in respect of the Suit property situated - Recovery of possession on the strength of the Judgment and Decree - Whether it disclosed the cause of action - Petitioner would submit that the Petitioner is the Defendant in the Suit filed by the Respondents for declaration declaring that the Sale Deed dated 28.06.1994 and the Will are null and void and for Permanent Injunction. He would further submit that the Respondents/Plaintiffs are not parties to those documents and as such they have no locus to question both the documents - Petitioner's father viz., Mohammed Ayub Sahib already filed a Suit in O.S. No. before the District Munsif Court, Hosur, for declaration of title in respect of very same property and the same was decreed - Decree, one Sridharmurthy preferred an Appeal Suit in A.S. No. file of Sub-Court, Hosur and the same was also dismissed by Judgment and Decree – Held, conclusion must be drawn from the averments made in the Plaint. What would be relevant for invoking Order 7-N, Rule 11(d) of CPC. are averments made in the Plaint and for that purpose, there cannot be any addition or subtraction. For the purpose of invoking said provision, no amount of evidence can be looked into - Supreme Court of India and this Court held that for the purpose of deciding the Petition for rejection of Plaint, the averments made in Plaint are germane; the pleas taken by the Defendant in the Written Statement would be wholly irrelevant at that stage - Decree passed in the earlier Suit will not operate as Res judicata. Therefore, the present Suit has to be tried with all issues raised by the Petitioner herein. That apart, while considering the Petition for rejection of Plaint, it has to be proved that both Suits arose from the same cause of action and both the Suits must between the same parties and the earlier Suit must be decided on merits - Petition stands dismissed
JUDGMENT :
G.K. Ilanthiraiyan, J.
1. This Civil Revision Petition is directed as against the fair and Decretal Order, dated 13.08.2015 passed by the learned Subordinate Judge, Hosur, Krishnagiri, in I.A. No. 518 of 2014 in O.S. No. 64 of 2014 thereby dismissing the Petition filed by the Petitioner for rejection of Plaint.
2. The learned Counsel appearing for the Petitioner would submit that the Petitioner is the Defendant in the Suit filed by the Respondents for declaration declaring that the Sale Deed dated 28.06.1994 and the Will, dated 05.10.1998 are null and void and for Permanent Injunction. He would further submit that the Respondents/Plaintiffs are not parties to those documents and as such they have no locus to question both the documents. In fact, the Petitioner's father viz., Mohammed Ayub Sahib already filed a Suit in O.S. No. 279 of 1996 before the District Munsif Court, Hosur, for declaration of title in respect of very same property and the same was decreed on 31.03.2000.
2.1. Aggrieved by the said Judgment and Decree, one Sridharmurthy preferred an Appeal Suit in A.S. No. 9 of 2000, on the file of the Sub-Court, Hosur and the same was also dismissed by the Judgment and Decree, dated 27.06.2003. Again he preferred Second Appeal before this Court in S.A. No. 1996 of 2003 and the same was also dismissed by the Judgment and Decree, dated 23.11.2011. He also filed Special Leave Petition before the Hon'ble Supreme Court of India in S.L.P. No. 7770 of 2012 and the same was dismissed by a Judgment and Decree, dated 08.05.2012.
2.2. He further submitted that the Petitioner's father viz., Mohammed Ayub Sahib also filed Suit for Recovery of Possession in respect of the very same property in O.S. No. 109 of 2000 before the District Munsif Court, Hosur. In the said Suit, the Respondents herein filed Petition to implead themselves as parties in I.A. No. 572 of 2013 and the same was dismissed by the Judgment and Decree, dated 26.11.2013. In fact they also preferred Civil Revision Petition in C.R.P. No. 53 of 2014 before this Court and the same was dismissed by an Order, dated 29.01.2014.
2.3. While dismissing the Civil Revision Petition in C.R.P. No. 53 of 2014, this Court observed that the right and interest of the said Mohammed Ayub Sahib has been declared in O.S. No. 279 of 1996 and thereafter the Suit in O.S. No. 109 of 2000 has been instituted only for consequential relief for recovery of possession. The declaration of the Suit property in favour of Mohammed Ayub Sahib has become final as against Respondents, who are the Defendants in O.S. No. 109 of 2000 viz., Sridharmurthy and another. While being so, only on the instance of the said Sridharmurthy the present Suit in O.S. No. 64 of 2014 has been filed. The Respondents herein now filed the present Suit suppressing the above facts with unclean hands and the present Suit is nothing but abuse of process of law. Therefore, the Petitioner filed Petition for rejection of Plaint. Without considering the above facts, the Court below dismissed the Petition filed by the Petitioner to reject the Plaint and therefore, the present Revision Petition.
3. Per contra, the learned Senior Counsel appearing on behalf of the Respondents submitted that the Respondents filed Suit for Declaration of Title and Permanent Injunction in respect of the Suit property situated in Survey No. 80/3 IB, Berikai Village, Hosur Taluk, Krishnagiri District, admeasuring 125 sq.ft and to declare that the Sale Deed, dated 28.06.1994 registered vide Document No. 3357 of 1994 and the Will, dated 05.10.1998 registered vide Document No. 104 of 1998 are null and void.
3.1. He further submitted that the Petitioner's father filed the Suit in O.S. No. 109 of 2000 for recovery of possession on the strength of the Judgment and Decree passed in O.S. No. 279 of 1996. In the said Suit in O.S. No. 109 of 2000, the Respondents herein filed Application in I.A. No. 572 of 2013 to implead themselves as party. The same was dismissed and
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