IN THE HIGH COURT OF UTTARAKHAND AT NAINITAL
Sharad Kumar Sharma, J.
Smt. Nirmala Devi & Ors. - Appellants
Versus
Smt. Champa Devi & Ors. - Respondents
Writ Petition (M/S) No. 80 of 2020
Decided On : 06-01-2021
ORDER - Impleadment - Order 1 Rule 10 (2) of the C.P.C. - [Order 1 Rule 10 (2)] - The court discussed the provisions contained under Order 1 Rule 10 of the CPC and the right of impleadment. It emphasized that if any adjudication is made with regard to the subject matter of the Suit, in case, it may have an effect on the rights of a person who is seeking to be impleaded as a party to the Suit, that itself would be sufficient to add the person as a party to the proceedings.
Fact of the Case:
The plaintiff/respondent No.2 had filed a Suit for declaration of a will as bad in the eyes of the law and the consequential execution of a sale deed as illegal. The respondent No.1 filed an application for impleadment, which was initially rejected by the Trial Court but allowed by the Revisional Court.
Finding of the Court:
The court dismissed the Writ Petition on the ground of locus of the petitioners to challenge the order of allowing the impleadment application in the Suit which was filed by respondent No.2. It also directed the Court of Civil Judge to expedite the proceedings of the Suit.
Issues: The main issue was the rejection of the impleadment application by the Trial Court and its subsequent allowance by the Revisional Court, leading to the challenge by the petitioners.
Ratio Decidendi: The court emphasized that if any adjudication is made with regard to the subject matter of the Suit, in case, it may have an effect on the rights of a person who is seeking to be impleaded as a party to the Suit, that itself would be sufficient to add the person as a party to the proceedings.
Final Decision: The Writ Petition was dismissed, and the Court directed the Civil Judge to expedite the proceedings of the Suit.
ORDER
1. In 2011, the plaintiff/respondent No.2 had instituted a Suit for declaration of the will dated 17th May, 1995, as to be bad in the eyes of law, as well asthe consequential execution of the sale deed dated 8th January, 2010, as to be illegal, the relief as sought by the plaintiff/respondent No.2 in Suit was as under :-
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2. Principally, when the Suit was instituted, the present petitioners were defendants to the Suit. After the exchange of the pleadings, the Suit has travelled and has reached at the stage of evidence, when the respondent No.1, herein, has filed an application, paper No.112-Ga, on 20th November, 2018, invoking the provisions contained under Order 1 Rule 10 (2) of the C.P.C., whereby, a prayer was sought for that since he being the son of the plaintiff/respondent No.2, has got a right, which would be vested with him as a consequence of his right of successions being son of plaintiff /respondent No.2. He contended in the application for impleadment that, if any adjudication is made pertaining to the propriety of the will and the consequential sale deed dated 8th October, 2010, which was executed later, it would prejudice his rights. Hence, the said application for impleadment was filed on 30th November, 2018. It was contended by the counsel for applicant/ respondent No.1; to be well within the ambit of Sub-rule (2) of Rule 10 of Order 1 CPC. Even otherwise also, if the provisions contained under Order 1 Rule 10 of the CPC is taken into consideration, this Court is of the view that it does not contemplate, the stage or upto which stage of the proceedings, to which the application could be filed. The only necessity for considering the application as per the intention of Order 1 Rule 10 of CPC, is that, in case, if any adjudication is made with regard to the subject matter of the Suit, in case, it may have an effect on the rights of a person who is seeking, to be impleaded as a party to the Suit that itself would be sufficient to add the person as party to the proceedings; in whose absence the proceedings cannot be effectively decided on merits or if decided in his absence would effect his rights.
3. The said application for impleadment, was opposed by the present petitioners, who are the defendants to the Suit of respondent No.2, and the learned Trial Court of Civil Judge (Junior Division), had rejected the application, paper No. 112 Ga, of the respondent No.1. Aggrieved against the same, the plaintiff/respondent No.2 had filed a Civil Revision, being Civil Revision No. 19 of 2019, Smt. Champa Devi Vs. Smt. Hira Devi. The Revisional Court by the impugned order dated 19th November, 2019, had allowed the Revision and while setting aside the order of the Trial Court; rejecting the application for impleadment, had allowed the application, paper No. 112 Ga, thereby directing the respondent No.1 to be impleaded as a party respondents to the Suit, being Suit No. 68 of 2011, Hira Devi Vs. Nirmal Devi and others. It is this order, which is being put to challenge by the petitioners, who are the defendants to the suit.
4. The petitioners had argued that filing of an impleadment application by respondent No.1, at a belated stage, apart from the fact that it suffered from the vices of being a collu
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