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Return of Plaint and Rejection of Plaint in Civil Suit

Return of Plaint and Rejection of Plaint in Civil Suit Question: In which cases a civil suit is rejectable? Discuss with the relevant provisions. Answer: According to rule 11 of order 7, court shall reject the plaint on the following 4 grounds: (a) Where it does not state a cause of action. (b) Where the relief claimed is not valued properly, and the plaintiff, on being required by the Court to correct the valuation within a time to be fixed by the Court, does not do so. (c) Where the relief claimed is valued properly but the plaint is written upon paper that is not sufficiently stamped, and the plaintiff, on being required by the Court to supply the requisite stamp-paper within a time to be fixed by the Court, does not do so. (d) Where the suit appears from the statement given in the plaint to be barred by any law. If the provision of rule - 9(1A) is breached, court also may reject the plaint. According to this rule, the copy of summons and plaint should be served to each of the defe...

Rule of Law - Constitution of UK - Separation of Powers

Rule of Law - Constitution of UK - Separation of Powers The Rule of Law The 'rule of law' is an ambiguous expression, and may mean different things for different writers The rule of law is a concept which underpins the constitution of UK and is itself supported by the separation of powers. Although the concept dates from Aristotle-'the rule of law is preferable to that of any individual'- for the purpose of analysis Dicey's three-part description of the requirements of the rule of law is useful. Dicey's Expression 'The Rule of Law' For Dicey the expression 'rule of law' includes three distinct conceptions:The absence of arbitrary power. No man is above the law. No man is punishable except for a distinct breach of law, established in the ordinary legal manner before the ordinary courts. It requires that that there be no arbitrariness in the justice system, in particular that laws should be certain and accessible. Equality Before The Law: Ever...

What is Pleadings When and why a pleadings can be amended?

What is Pleadings Question: What do you understand by pleadings? When and why a pleadings can be amended? Answer: Pleadings: Pleadings is an important rule of the Code of Civil Procedure. Order 6 of the Code of Civil Procedure deals the provisions of pleadings. Plaint and written statements are called the pleadings. In every suit of civil nature, the plaintiff must present his plaint mentioning the cause of action with necessary explanation. On the other hand, the defendant must provide written statement in reply of the plaint. Therefore, pleadings is formed with the plaint and the written statement. Amendment of pleadings; After filing the plaint or written statement, if it is required to amend or change those, an application for amendment is to be made. It is called the amendment of pleadings. Amendment of pleadings means, to add, strike out, deduction or changer of any necessary information of a pleadings. Amendment in a plaint or written statement may be required for various re...

Parliamentary Supremacy Sovereignty of Parliament in the United Kingdom

Parliamentary Supremacy or Sovereignty of Parliament in the United Kingdom  Parliamentary Supremacy Parliamentary sovereignty or the Sovereignty of Parliament, also Parliamentary supremacy, is the concept in the constitutional law of Westminster system that the Parliament has absolute sovereignty. This means it is supreme to all other governmental institutions including the monarch acting alone. This contrasts for example, with the situation in the United States, where the supreme court can rule legislation unconstitutional. The principle of parliamentary sovereignty originated in the United Kingdom in the 17th and 18th centuries during which time parliament asserted the right to name and depose a monarch. In 1648, Henry Herbert who was the 2nd Earl of Pembroke, famously commented while a member of the House of Lords said that "Parliament can do anything but makes man a woman and a woman a man." Parliamentary supremacy essentially takes its origin with the Bill of Rights 168...

Res-subjudice & Res judicata

Res-subjudice & Res judicata Question a) What do you understand by res-subjudice and res judicata? When a suit pending before a court can be stayed? Answer: Res-subjudice: Res-subjudice means to stay a new suit the subject-matter of which is already pending in Court The Latin word res means matter and sub-judice means under trial. Therefore, the word res-subjudice means matter under trial. S 10 of the Code of Civil Procedure discusses with the doctrine of res-subjudice. The question of stay of trial of a suit may be raised in any special case, after the filing of the suit. Section 10 of the Code of Civil Procedure describes under what circumstances the trial of suit may be stayed. According to s 10 of the Code of Civil Procedure, where the parties and the sbject-matter of a previously instituted suit and the parties and the subject-matter of a sbsequently instituted suit are the same, the court my stay the subsequently instituted suit. However, if the previously instituted suit is...