Supreme Court of India

S. Satnam Singh & Ors. v. Surender Kaur & Anr.

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Reported as [2008] 16 S.C.R. 904
Bench S.B. Sinha and Cyriac Joseph JJ.
Decided 2 December 2008
Status Distinguished

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Code of Ciltil Procedure, 1908 - ss. 2(2) and 97 - Partition suit =.. ·Inclusion of property in, after passing of preliminary decree - Permissibility - Held: Ordinarily a suit . for partial partition may not be entertained - But to do complete justice, subsequent events after passing of preliminary decree can be taken into account - On facts, since the addition of property was sought prior to passing of the decree in Written Statement, failure to pass decree in respect of that property was a mistake of the court .... s. 97 is not a bar to amend a decree to rectify the mistake of the court.

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