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HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD
MANISH KUMAR NIGAM
Ravi Pratap Singh – Appellant
Versus
Prahlad Singh – Respondent
| Table of Content |
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| 1. details of the original suit and order challenged. (Para 2 , 3) |
| 2. arguments concerning the limitation period. (Para 4 , 5) |
| 3. court's analysis of limitation law application. (Para 6 , 10 , 12 , 15 , 20 , 27 , 28) |
| 4. ratio on powers to reject plaint under order vii rule 11. (Para 11 , 13 , 29) |
| 5. conclusion on petition dismissal and findings. (Para 31 , 32) |
JUDGMENT :
MANISH KUMAR NIGAM, J.
1. Heard Shri Anuruddh Chaturvedi, learned counsel for the petitioner, Shri Adya Prasad Tewari, learned counsel for the respondents and perused the record.
2. This petition has been filed challenging the order dated 19.05.2023 passed by the Additional Civil Judge (Senior Division), Court No. 1, Gorakhpur in Original Suit No. 574 of 2022, rejecting the application moved by the defendant under Order VII Rule 11 C.P.C. The order dated 31.07.2024 passed by the revisional court dismissing the revision filed by the petitioner against the order dated 19.05.2023, is also under challenge.
3. Brief facts of the case are that the Original Suit No. 574 of 2022 was instituted by the plaintiff/respondents against defendant/petitioners for cancellation of sale deed dated 21.10.1992 executed by Smt. B
The limitation for cancellation suits begins from the time the plaintiff becomes aware of the grounds for cancellation, not from the date of the instrument's execution.
Rejection of plaint – Whether suit is barred by any law must be determined from statements in plaint and it is not open to decide the issue on the basis of any other material including written statem....
The court established that the issue of limitation is a mixed question of law and fact, necessitating a full trial to resolve, rather than dismissal at the application stage.
A plaint can be rejected under Order VII Rule 11 if it is barred by limitation or fails to disclose a cause of action, emphasizing the necessity for clear and truthful averments.
Legal actions must be initiated within prescribed time limits, and stale claims that lack timely assertion cannot proceed; thus, suits filed beyond the limitation period are barred by law.
A suit filed more than three years post-execution of a sale-deed is barred by limitation regardless of claims of security, emphasizing the necessity of timely legal action.
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