P&H - Dismissal of application of rejection of plaint upheld by trial court as Only Plaint Averments Matter At Order 7 Rule 11 Stage
The Punjab and Haryana High Court has dismissed a civil revision challenging the trial court's refusal to reject civil suit at the threshold. It is held that at the stage of deciding an application under Order 7 Rule 11 of the Civil Procedure Code, the court must confine itself to the plaint and the documents filed with it.
The dispute stems from a residential building in Faridabad. The plaintiff alleged that after his mother purchased the first floor with one car parking space on the ground floor, ground-floor resident (defendant) obstructed access by installing an iron gate on the common...