The High Court Delhi dismissed a writ petition challenging an order dismissing a regular petition for Rule 11 dismissal. The petitioner argued that an admitted agreement to sell barred the suit for injunction, but the court held that the agreement does not confer title and such suits focus on possession.
The petition is dismissed with costs of Rs. 10,000/-.
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* IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI
SAHANA BEGUM ..... Petitioner
Through Mr.M.P.Singh and Ms. Mumtaz Hashmi, Advocates.
versus
ABRAR ALAM & ORS ..... Respondents Through Nemo.
CORAM: HON'BLE MS. JUSTICE INDERMEET KAUR
O R D E R % 09.03.2016
Petitioner is aggrieved by the order dated 22.02.2016 wherein his application under Order VII Rule 11 of the CPC was dismissed. Submission is that the suit for permanent injunction was liable to be disposed of in view of the averments contained in the application filed by the defendant under Order VII Rule 11 of the CPC as in the plaint itself, it has been admitted by the plaintiff that there is a registered agreement to sell qua the suit property in favour of defendant no.1 Attention has been drawn to that averment.
The facts disclose that the present suit is a suit for permanent injunction which has been filed by the plaintiff against four CM(M) 227/2016 Page 1 of 3
defendants. Petitioner before this Court is defendant no.1. Contention of the petitioner is that the prayer in the suit is a prayer for permanent injunction. Needless to state that in a suit for permanent injunction, title of the suit property is not a question which has to be gone into. The proposition at law on an application under Order VII Rule 11 of the CPC is also clear; it is only the averments made in the plaint which have to be looked into; the defence of the defendant cannot be gone into.
In the averments made in the plaint, although the registered agreement to sell has been admited by the plaintiff qua defendant no.1 yet the contention is that this agreement was entered into by a fraud which has been played upon the plaintiff. The details of the earlier litigation pending between the parties have also been detailed in the plaint. Further contention of the plaintiff is that he is in possession of the suit property in her own right and she should not be dispossessed. At the cost of repetition, this Court notes that the Trial Court in a suit for injunction will not go into the question of title.
In this background, the submission of the petitioner (defefendant in the Trial Court) that the suit is liable to be rejected straightway as the plaintiff herself had admitted that there is a registered agreement to sell in favour of defendant no.1 is an argument bereft of merit. Admittedly, even if there is a registered agreement to sell that will not convey a title in immovable property. In a suit for permanent injunction title is also not relevant, it is the possessory nature of the property which is relevant.
CM(M) 227/2016
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In this background, the impugned order which was passed under the provisions of Order VII Rule 11 of the CPC in view of the specific averments made in the plaint, is an order which calls for no infterference. This petition is dismissed with costs of Rs.10,000/-.
INDERMEET KAUR, J
MARCH 09, 2016 ndn
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CM(M) 227/2016
2 issues framed by the court
Whether a suit for permanent injunction should be dismissed when the plaint admits the existence of a registered agreement to sell in favour of the defendant.
Whether a registered agreement to sell conveys title to immovable property in the context of a permanent injunction suit.
1 provisions across 1 enactments
SAHANA BEGUM
ABRAR ALAM
INDERMEET KAUR
As recorded by the court registry
A petition under Article 227 of the Constitution invoking the High Court's supervisory jurisdiction over subordinate civil courts.
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