Supreme Court of India

Govt. of Kerala & Ors. v. Sudhir Kumar Sharma & Ors.

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Reported as [2013] 10 S.C.R. 62
Bench Anil R. Dave and Dipak Misra JJ.
Decided 2 September 2013

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What the Court ordered

We hold that the trial court had wrongly rejected the applications filed by the G appellants under Order VII Rule 11 of the CPC. The trial court ought to have heard and decided the application filed under Section 80(2) of the CPC before hearing the applications under Order VII Rule 11 of the CPC.

Judgment, page 10

From the headnote

Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 - s. 80(2) and Or. VII r. 11 - Suit against Government - With application uls. 80(2) seeking leave of the court to file the suit without notice uls. 80(1)- Defendant's application u/Or. VII r.11 seeking rejection of plaint - Rejection of application u/Or. VII r. 11 without disposing of the application uls. 80(2) - Whether correct - Held: Rejection of application u/Or. VII r. 11 without deciding o the application u/s. 80(2) was not correct - Till a final order is passed granting application uls. 80(2), the irregularity in filing the suit continues - By mere filing

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