Supreme Court Quashes High Court Order Allowing Amendment of Plaint in Partition Suit Due to Lack of Due Diligence and Impermissible Challenge to Compromise Decree. Amendment Sought at Fag End of Trial to Add Declaration Prayer Was Rejected as Oversight Alone Does Not Satisfy Proviso to Order VI Rule 17 CPC and Remedy for Compromise Decree Lies Only Before Same Court Under Order XXIII Rule 3 CPC.
29 Feb 2024The dispute arose from a suit for partition of ancestral property filed by respondents No. 1 and 2 in 2005. They pleaded the existence of a compromise...
