Supreme Court of India
M/s Virgo Industries (eng.) P.ltd. v. M/s.venturetech Solutions P.ltd.
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What the Court ordered
We are of the view that the present appeals deserve to be allowed.
Judgment, page 18
From the headnote
Code of Civil Procedure, 1908: Or II, r. 2 - Two suits on same cause of action - Bar u/Or II, c r. 2 - Object - Applicability - Held: Or. II r. 2 seeks to avoid multiplicity of litigations on same cause of action - The Rule engrafts a laudable principle that discourages/prohibits vexing the defendant again and again by multiple suits except in a situation where one of the several reliefs, though available to 0 a plaintiff, may not have been claimed for a good reason - later suit for such relief is contemplated only with the leave of the Court, granted upon due satisfaction and for good and
Authorities it was built on
- 1964 Gurbux Singh v. Bhooralal
- 2012 The Church of Christ Charitable Trust & Educational Charitable Society, Represented by its Chairman v. M/s Ponniamman Educational Trust Represented by its Chairperson/ Managing Trustee
- 1997 State of U.P. v. Bhoora and Ors.
- 2005 Vithalbhai Pvt. Ltd. v. Union of India
- 1995 Deva Ram and Anr. v. Ishwar Chand and Anr.
- 1996 M/s Bengal Waterproof Limited v. Mis Bombay Waterproof Manufacturing Co. and Anr.
Where later benches applied it
- 2022 R. M. Sundaram @ Meenakshisundaram v. Sri Kayarohanasamy and Neelayadhakshi Amman Temple (through its Executive Officer) Nagapattinam, Tamil Nadu
- 2020 V. Kalyanaswamy (d) by Lrs. & Anr. v. L. Bakthavatsalam (d) by Lrs. & Ors.
- 2014 Rathnavathi & Another v. Kavita Ganashamdas
- 2025 Cuddalore Powergen Corporation Ltd v. M/s Chemplast Cuddalore Vinyls Limited and Anr.
- 2019 Vurimi Pullarao S/o Satyanarayana v. Vemari Vyankata Radharani W/o Dhankoteshwarrao & Anr
- 2023 M/s Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd. and Another v. Atm Constructions Pvt. Ltd.
Of those, 3 relied on · 1 distinguished · 2 referred to
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