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GURPAL SINGH AHLUWALIA
Vivek Pouranik, S/o. Late Shri Narendra Kumar Pouranik – Appellant
Versus
State of Madhya Pradesh – Respondent
| Table of Content |
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| 1. petition filed under article 226 seeking relief against orders. (Para 1) |
| 2. allegation of suppression of material facts by petitioners. (Para 2 , 3) |
| 3. court's duty to require full disclosure of facts. (Para 4 , 5) |
| 4. material suppression of facts affects petition's maintainability. (Para 6 , 7) |
| 5. pending civil suit negates necessity to examine partition claims. (Para 8) |
| 6. dismissal of petition due to suppression of material facts. (Para 9) |
ORDER :
Gurpal Singh Ahluwalia, J.
This petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India has been filed seeking following reliefs :—
Any other relief or direction which this Hon’ble Court deems fit may also be granted to the petitioner.”
2. A preliminary objection is raised by learned counsel for respondent that the petition suffers from suppression of material facts. The petitioners have already filed a civil suit before the
Suppression of material facts disentitles a party to invoke equitable jurisdiction under Article 226 of the Constitution of India.
The main legal point established in the judgment is the importance of approaching the court with clean hands and the consequences of suppression of material facts.
Non-disclosure of earlier proceedings is not material if it does not have a bearing on the decision in the current case.
A petitioner seeking equitable relief must disclose all material facts; suppression leads to dismissal.
A litigant must disclose all material facts truthfully; failure to do so results in dismissal of the claim for abusing the court's process.
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