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1978 Supreme(All) 467

SATISHCHANDRA
Vishwanath Lohia – Appellant
Versus
The Allahabad Bank – Respondent


Advocates:
V.K. Gupta, for Applicant; M.G. Pant, for Respondent.

ORDER :- To a suit the defendant filed a written statement making a counter claim therein. He made an application for permission to sue for counter claim in forma pauperis. This application was directed to be disposed of on May 26, 1975. On May 26, 1975, the Court passed an order :

"There is a written statement but defendant has also preferred his counter claim. There is no court-fee on the counter claim. Hence the counter claim is rejected. Let it be treated as written statement only."

2. Aggrieved, the defendant has come to this Court in revision. O.VIII, R.6-A permits a defendant to plead counter claim against the claim of the plaintiff. Sub-rule (2) provides that such counter claim shall have the same effect as a cross suit so as to enable the Court to pronounce a final judgement in the same suit, both on the original claim and on the counter claim. Under sub-r.(3), the plaintiff is entitled to file a written statement to the counter claim. Order XXXIII R.1 of the Civil P.C. provides that any suit may be instituted by an indigent person. Since in view of Rule 6-A(2) a counter claim has been given the same effect as a cross suit, the legal position is that when the defendant file


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