P&H: Rejection of plaint; Plaint cannot be rejected on selective reading of plaint.

punjab-haryana
⚖️ Order Date: 21 May 2026
Headnotes
Civil Procedure Code, 1908, O.7.R.11 — Rejection of plaint — While considering application for rejection of plaint, it is obligatory to read entire plaint as a whole, to find out as to whether, it discloses cause of action or not - Plaint cannot be rejected on selective reading of plaint. Civil Procedure Code, 1908, O.7.R.11 — Rejection of plaint - No material except the plaint or documents annexed with plaint, could be considered at the stage of consideration of an application U.O.7.R.11 CPC. Civil

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Facts of the Case
P&H: Rejection of plaint; Plaint cannot be rejected on selective reading of plaint.   High Court has refused to reject a partition-and-declaration suit at the threshold, holding that whether a house belongs to a Hindu Undivided Family (HUF) or is self-acquired is a mixed question of fact and law that must go to trial. Court dismissed a civil revision filed by the defendants against the Trial Court’s order rejecting their application under Order VII Rule 11 CPC.

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