Rejection of plaint
Querist :
Anonymous
(Querist) 14 May 2025
This query is : Resolved
Plaintiff has filed a suit for partition by suppressing earlier Registered Partition. The defendant filed an application for rejection of plaint along with a document of earlier registered partition deed. Whether the court can consider the said document by using inherent power u/s 151 of cpc ?
kavksatyanarayana
(Expert) 14 May 2025
From the source, the court has the authority to reject a complaint at any stage; however, it must ensure that the merits of the case justify such rejection.
T. Kalaiselvan, Advocate
(Expert) 14 May 2025
If there is an earlier registered partition deed that has not been challenged, the suit may be dismissed as not maintainable. This was the case where the suit was dismissed because the plaintiff did not challenge a prior partition deed Hemalatha VS K. H. Srinivasan - Karnataka (2022).
Suits for partial partition may be dismissed if they prevent the working out of equities. A court dismissed a suit for partition of a specific plot because it was deemed a partial partition Mrs. E. C. Vas. VS Miss Josephine Hilda Lobo. - Madras (1945).
If a partition suit is barred by res judicata due to previous judgments on the same matter, it can be dismissed. This principle was applied in a case where the suit was dismissed based on earlier findings Palanisamy Gounder(died) VS Chenniappan - Madras (2020).
A suit may be dismissed if the court finds the plaintiff''s intentions questionable, such as seeking re-partition after a significant time lapse MOHANAGA VS RAMALAKSHMAMMA - Karnataka (2022).
Partition suits can be dismissed for various reasons, including failure to prove entitlement, non-joinder of necessary parties, existence of prior deeds, and issues of res judicata.
Therefore you can very well proceed with the petition filed under order VII rule 11 incorporating the proper reasons seeking to reject the plaint.
