Content Provider | Supreme Court of India |
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e-ISSN | 30484839 |
Language | English |
Access Restriction | NDLI |
Subject Keyword | Code of Civil Procedure 1908 |
Content Type | Text |
Resource Type | Law Judgement |
Jurisdiction | India |
Case Type | Appeal |
Court | Supreme Court of India |
Disposal Nature | Appeal Disposed Off |
Headnote | Code of Civil Procedure, 1908: Or. 33 – Suits for declaration of title and recovery of possession – Application u/Or. 33 r. 1 to sue as an indigent person – Trial court and High Court rejected the application on the ground that the suit is abuse of process of law and the court is barred by res judicata – On appeal, held: Application seeking permission to sue as an indigent person can be rejected on the grounds mentioned in Or. 33 r. 5 which includes the grounds where the allegations in the application do not show a cause of action and where the suit is barred by law (Or. 33 rr. 5(d) and (f) CPC) – However, the court may, while rejecting an application, u/Or. 33 r. 15A grant time to the applicant to pay the requisite court fee and then suit shall be deemed to have been instituted on the date on which the application for permission to sue as an indigent person was presented – In the instant case, prima facie the suit was barred by res judicata and the plaint did not disclose any cause of action – Therefore, it cannot be said that the trial court committed any error in rejecting the application to sue as indigent person – Appellant agreed to pay the requisite court fees, four weeks’ time period is granted as envisaged in Or. 33 r. 15A – However, the observations made by courts below while rejecting the said application that the suit is barred by res judicata and no cause of action, shall be treated confine to deciding the application to sue as an indigent person only – It will be open to defendants to file an application to reject the plaint u/Or. 7 r. 11 or any other application and the same be considered in accordance with law without getting influenced by the observations. |
Judge | Hon'ble Mr. Justice M.R. Shah |
Neutral Citation | 2022 INSC 1242 |
Petitioner | Solomon Selvaraj & Ors. |
Respondent | Indirani Bhagawan Singh & Ors. |
SCR | [2022] 16 S.C.R. 642 |
Judgement Date | 2022-12-02 |
Case Number | 8885 |
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