Supreme Court of India

Madanuri Sri Rama Chandra Murthy v. Syed Jalal

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Reported as [2017] 5 S.C.R. 294

Bench R. K. Agrawal and Mohan M. Shantanagoudar JJ.

Decided 19 April 2017

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What the Court ordered

In view of the above, the Order of the High Court is liable to A be set aside.

Judgment, page 20

From the headnote

Code of Civil Procedure, 1908: Or. VII, r.11 - Rejection of plaint - Held: The power u/Or. VII, r.11 can be exercised by the Court at any stage of the suit - The relevant facts which need to be looked into for deciding the application are the averments of the plaint only - If on an entire and meaningful reading of the plaint, it is found that the suit is manifestly vexatious and merit/ess in the sense of not disclosing any right to sue, the court should exercise power u/Or. VII r.11 - The said power however have to be strictly adhered to -. The averments of the plaint have to be read as a

Authorities it was built on

2001 Tamil Nadu Wakf Board v. Hathija Ammal (dead) by Lrs. Etc. Etc. cited by 3

Where later benches applied it

2023 Salem Muslim Burial Ground Protection Committee v. State of Tamil Nadu and Ors relied on
2023 Ramisetty Venkatanna & Anr. v. Nasyam Jamal Saheb & Ors. relied on
2021 Shri Saurav Jain & Anr. v. M/s A. B. P. Design & Anr. relied on
2020 Shakti Bhog Food Industries Ltd. v. The Central Bank of India & Anr. relied on
2019 Raghwendra Sharan Singh v. Ram Prasanna Singh (dead) by Lrs relied on
2025 M/s Dhanbad Fuels Private Limited v. Union of India & Anr referred to
2025 Smt. Uma Devi and Ors. v. Sri. Anand Kumar and Ors. referred to
2022 Maharashtra State Board of Wakfs v. Shaikh Yusuf Bhai Chawla & Ors. referred to
2022 M/s Frost International Limited v. M/s Milan Developers and Builders (p) Limited & Anr. referred to
2022 Saranpal Kaur Anand v. Praduman Singh Chandhok and Others referred to
2022 M/s. Sree Surya Developers and Promoters v. N. Sailesh Prasad and Ors. referred to
2022 State of Andhra Pradesh (now State of Telangana) v. A. P. State Wakf Board & Ors. referred to
2020 Dahiben v. Arvindbhai Kalyanji Bhanusali (gajra) (d) Thr Lrs & Ors. referred to
2020 Canara Bank v. P. Selathal and Ors. Etc.etc. referred to
2018 Urvashiben & Anr. v. Krishnakant Manuprasad Trivedi referred to

Of those, 5 relied on · 10 referred to

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