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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS
P.DHANABAL
Munuswamy – Appellant
Versus
B. Harilal – Respondent
ORDER :
P. DHANABAL, J.
1. This Civil Revision Petition has been preferred as against the order passed in I.A. No. 1 of 2021 in O.S. No. 5183 of 2021 on the file of the XIX Assistant City Civil Court at Chennai, wherein the petitioners herein have filed the petition before the Trial Court seeking leave to defend the suit and the same was dismissed. Against which, the present Civil Revision Petition is filed.
2. The petitioners are the defendants in the suit and the respondent herein has filed the suit for recovery of money before the Trial Court as a summary procedure suit, wherein the petitioners have filed petition seeking leave to defend the suit. The respondent-plaintiff, on 30.07.2006, approached the 1st petitioner herein to start the business in the name of M/s. Maha Yoga, for which he needed a commercial place for rent. He also agreed to rent out his first floor building for an amount of Rs. 17,100/- per month and advance amount of Rs. 2,50,000/-. After 11 months, the respondent-plaintiff again wanted to renew the rental agreement and it was orally extended for another 11 months. Thereafter, there was a misunderstanding between them. The matter went up to police station and the
A defendant must establish a valid triable issue to secure leave to defend in a summary suit under the Code of Civil Procedure. Failure to challenge the resulting decree limits further remedies.
Leave to defend in summary suits should be granted unless the defense is clearly frivolous or lacks substance, ensuring fair opportunity for defendants.
The main legal point established in the judgment is that leave to defend should not be refused unless the defendant's contentions are frivolous and do not raise any triable issue. The court emphasize....
The main legal point established in the judgment is that a Civil Revision Petition is not maintainable against an order declining leave to defend a suit under Order 37 of C.P.C., and only a regular a....
The Court's decision was influenced by the interpretation of Order XXXVII, Rule 3 (5) of CPC, which allows the granting of leave to defend a suit unconditionally or upon just terms, considering the n....
Point of Law : Order of the learned Trial Judge rejecting the application for leave to defend on merits, ought to be substituted by an order rejecting that application as premature.
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