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LOK 2026 (11) Ker. 61 · High Court of Kerala
Equivalent citations: 2026 KER 85111
Where a counsel reports “no instructions” and the absent party is informed neither by the counsel nor by the court, an ex parte decree passed without any evidence ought to be set aside under Order IX Rule 13 so that the suit is decided on merits.
LOK 2026 (11) SC 66 · Supreme Court of India
Equivalent citations: 2026 INSC 1207
Balance-sheet entries carrying a debt forward can be an acknowledgment under Section 18 of the Limitation Act; a plaint cannot be rejected under Order VII Rule 11 CPC by weighing evidence on whether liability exists.
LOK 2026 (11) SC 5 · Supreme Court of India
Equivalent citations: 2026 INSC 1197
The plaintiff alleged that a registered sale deed secured a loan and sought declaration of title, injunction, redemption and reconveyance. The courts below failed to consider the plaint as a whole. The possibility that the plaintiff might ultimately fail at trial did not justify rejection…
LOK 2026 (11) SC 33 · Supreme Court of India
Equivalent citations: 2026 INSC 1191
A foreign decree on a ground unavailable under the applicable matrimonial law does not automatically bind Indian courts under Section 13 CPC. The bigamy proceedings against the husband were sustained. The proceedings against his parents and second wife were quashed because the materials did not…
LOK 2026 (10) SC 303 · Supreme Court of India
Equivalent citations: 2026 INSC 1177
Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 — Section 96(3); Order XXIII Rules 3 and 3A — Non-parties asserting independent rights prejudicially affected by a consent decree sought leave to appeal after approximately eleven years. The High Court granted interim protection, condoned delay and allowed leave. The…
LOK 2026 (10) Ker. 271 · High Court of Kerala
Equivalent citations: 2026 KER 82024 : 2026 KLT OnLine 2435
Use of “Brahmin Sambar Powder” alongside the house mark “Greenmount” was prima facie not shown to be merely descriptive under Section 30(2)(a); temporary injunction for the “Brahmins” mark upheld.
LOK 2026 (10) Pat. 270 · High Court of Patna
Under Order VI Rule 2(1) and Order VII Rule 11(a) CPC, the plaint must plead facts showing that a defendant published the alleged imputation to a third party. The advocate’s removal from the bank’s panel and the allegation that a person outside the suit had…
LOK 2026 (10) SC 141 · Supreme Court of India
Equivalent citations: 2026 INSC 1126
LOK 2026 (10) SC 146 · Supreme Court of India
Equivalent citations: 2026 INSC 1122
LOK 2026 (10) SC 121 · Supreme Court of India
Equivalent citations: 2026 INSC 1112 : 2026 KLT OnLine 4675
Order VI Rule 17 CPC confers discretionary power to permit amendments necessary for determining real questions in controversy. Post commencement of trial, the proviso requires satisfaction of due diligence. Subsequent discovery of a compromise decree (in T.S. No. 105 of 1998) directly affecting title to…
LOK 2026 (10) Ker. 121 · High Court of Kerala
Equivalent citations: 2026 KER 78313 : 2026 KLT OnLine 2353 : 2026 KHC OnLine 941
Revision petitioners/judgment debtors challenged the execution of a decree for declaration of title and mandatory injunction, contending that the decree was a nullity as no enquiry was conducted under Order XXXII Rule 15 CPC regarding the alleged unsoundness of mind of the deceased first respondent.…
LOK 2026 (10) Ker. 124 · High Court of Kerala
Equivalent citations: 2026 KER 78389
LOK 2026 (10) Ker. 93 · High Court of Kerala
Equivalent citations: 2026 KER 78200
Whether the trial court erred in refusing to reject the plaint under Order VII Rule 11 CPC on the ground that, even on the plaint averments, the suit was barred by limitation.
LOK 2026 (10) Ker. 75 · High Court of Kerala
Equivalent citations: 2026 KER 77263
Proceedings were transferred from Family Court, Ernakulam to Family Court, Aluva pursuant to Government Notification refixing territorial jurisdiction of Family Courts on the basis of villages to equalise pendency — Petitioner/husband sought re-transfer back to Family Court, Ernakulam on grounds of inconvenience and familiarity of…
LOK 2026 (10) Ker. 78 · High Court of Kerala
Equivalent citations: 2026 KER 77401
Order XLI Rule 22 CPC is not among the provisions made applicable to proceedings under the Employees' Compensation Act by Rule 41 of the Workmen's Compensation Rules, 1924. Consequently, cross-objections are not maintainable in appeals under Section 30 of the Act. Cross-objection rejected.
LOK 2026 (10) Ker. 63 · High Court of Kerala
Equivalent citations: 2026 KER 76793 : 2026 KLT OnLine 2333
Under Section 83(5) of the Waqf Act, 1995, the Waqf Tribunal is deemed to be a civil court and exercises all powers vested in a civil court under the CPC while trying a suit or executing a decree/order. Section 30(a) CPC read with Order XI…
LOK 2026 (9) Ker. 301 · High Court of Kerala
Equivalent citations: 2026 KER 75740
When a suit involving a commercial dispute is inadvertently filed before an ordinary Civil Court instead of the designated Commercial Court, the proper legal course is to return the plaint under Order VII Rule 10 of the CPC for presentation before the proper court, and…
LOK 2026 (9) SC 295 · Supreme Court of India
Equivalent citations: 2026 INSC 1066
The plaintiff failed to establish a concluded oral contract, and the second suit for specific performance was barred under Order II Rule 2 CPC. The concurrent findings of the Trial Court and High Court were held perverse. Appeal allowed, impugned judgments set aside, and suit…
LOK 2026 (9) Ker. 286 · High Court of Kerala
Equivalent citations: 2026 KER 74465
Specific Performance of Contract — Order 2 Rule 2 CPC — Plea and Issue Mandatory — Absence of Prayer for Declaration of Subsistence of Agreement — Readiness and Willingness — Section 16(c) & Section 20 of Specific Relief Act, 1963 — Exercise of Discretion —…
LOK 2026 (9) SC 222 · Supreme Court of India
Equivalent citations: 2026 INSC 1034 : 2026 KHC OnLine 6737
Anti-suit injunctions restrain a party from prosecuting proceedings in a foreign court. Governed by equitable principles, such power must be exercised sparingly, cautiously, and in exceptional cases—not as a routine judicial exercise. Unmindful grant of anti-suit injunctions undermines comity of courts and improperly interjects into…