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Sh. Rohtas Kumar v. Ms. Vandana Devi

Delhi HC9 Sept 2025C.R.P./257/2025

Case brief

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What is this about?

Delhi High Court, Tara Vitasta Ganju J., C.R.P. 257/2025, decided 09.09.2025 — Rohtas Kumar v. Vandana Devi. Keywords: Section 115 CPC revision maintainability; proviso to Section 115; interim order not amenable to revision; Order IX Rule 4 CPC restoration of proceedings dismissed; Shiv Shakti Coop. Housing Society v. Swaraj Developers (2003) 6 SCC 659; Gayatri Devi v. Shashi Pal Singh (2005) 5 SCC 527; revision petition withdrawn with liberty; Karkardooma Court ACJ/ARC/CCJ North East District.

What did the court decide?

Petition dismissed as withdrawn; Petitioner granted permission to withdraw with liberty to take appropriate steps in accordance with law. ¶37

Sh. Rohtas Kumar Vs Ms. Vandana Devi — Delhi HC (2025) — LawSathi Research

What the court decided

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Outcome

Petition dismissed as withdrawn; Petitioner granted permission to withdraw with liberty to take appropriate steps in accordance with law.

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Issue for consideration

Maintainability of the revision petition under Section 115 CPC — whether the Impugned Order dismissing the Petitioner's Application under Order IX Rule 4 CPC for restoration of proceedings is amenable to challenge by way of revision, given the proviso to Section 115 requiring that the order, if made in favour of the revisionist, would have finally disposed of the suit or proceedings.

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Court's answer

Revision under Section 115 CPC cannot be invoked except where the order, if made in favour of the revisionist, would have finally disposed of the suit or proceedings; interim orders or orders that do not finally decide the lis are not amenable to challenge by way of revision under Section 115 CPC (per the proviso to Section 115 and as laid down in Shiv Shakti and Gayatri Devi).

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Ratio / Principle

The Impugned Order dismissing the Application for restoration of the proceedings does not satisfy the requirement of the proviso to Section 115 CPC, because had the Application been allowed, the suit or proceedings would not have been finally disposed of.

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Key takeaways

Concededly, the Impugned Order is not an order which is amenable to challenge under Section 115 of the CPC.ratio¶35

Detailed headnote1 paragraphs

Civil Revision Petition (C.R.P. 257/2025, High Court of Delhi, Tara Vitasta Ganju J.) by Rohtas Kumar against the order dated 29.05.2025 of the ACJ/ARC/CCJ, Karkardooma Court dismissing his Application under Order IX Rule 4 CPC for restoration of proceedings. The Court held that under the proviso to Section 115 CPC, a revision lies only where the order, if made in favour of the revisionist, would have finally disposed of the suit or proceedings; an order interim in nature, or one that does not finally decide the lis, cannot be challenged by way of revision under Section 115 CPC, relying on Shiv Shakti Coop. Housing Society, Nagpur v. Swaraj Developers & Ors., (2003) 6 SCC 659 and Gayatri Devi v. Shashi Pal Singh, (2005) 5 SCC 527. Since the restoration Application, if allowed, would not have finally disposed of the proceedings, the Impugned Order was conceded to be not amenable to revision; the Petition was dismissed as withdrawn with liberty to take appropriate steps in accordance with law.

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IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI

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% Date of Decision: 09.09.2025

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- C.R.P. 257/2025

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SH. ROHTAS KUMAR .....Petitioner

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Through: Mr. Charan Singh, Adv.

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versus

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MS. VANDANA DEVI .....Respondent Through: CORAM:

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HON'BLE MS. JUSTICE TARA VITASTA GANJU

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TARA VITASTA GANJU, J.: (Oral)

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The present Petition has been filed on behalf of the Petitioner under Section 115 of the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 [hereinafter referred to as “CPC”] against the order dated 29.05.2025 passed by learned ACJ/ARC/CCJ, North East District, Karkardooma Court, Delhi [hereinafter referred to as “Impugned Order”]. By the Impugned Order, the Application under Order IX Rule 4 of the CPC filed by the Petitioner has been dismissed by the learned Trial Court.

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The maintainability of this Petition is a subject matter of challenge. It is no longer res integra that the provisions of Section 115 of the CPC cannot be invoked except where an order, if made in favour of the revisionist, would have finally disposed of the suit or proceedings. This is set out in the proviso to Section 115 of the CPC below:

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“Section 115 – Revision

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Signature Not Verified

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Digitally Signed By:HONEY ARORA Signing Da te:1 3.09.2025 14:01:07

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The High Court may call for the record of any case which has been decided by any Court subordinate to such High Court and in which no appeal lies thereto, and if such subordinate Court appears

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(a) to have exercised a jurisdiction not vested in it by law, or

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(b) to have failed to exercise a jurisdiction so vested, or

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(c) to have acted in the exercise of its jurisdiction illegally or with material irregularity,

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the High Court may make such order in the case as it thinks fit:

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Provided that the High Court shall not, under this section, vary or reverse any order made, or any order deciding an issue, in the course of a suit or other proceeding, except where the order, if it had been made in favour of the party applying for revision would have finally disposed of the suit or other proceedings. ”

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[Emphasis Supplied]

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2.1 The Supreme Court in Shiv Shakti Coop. Housing Society, Nagpur v. Swaraj Developers & Ors.¹ has held that unless the order if given in favour of the party applying for the revision would have given finality to the suit or other proceeding, a revision is not maintainable. The relevant extract of the Shiv Shakti case is set out below:

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“32. A plain reading of Section 115 as it stands makes it clear that the stress is on the question whether the order in favour of the party applying for revision would have given finality to suit or other proceeding. If the answer is “yes” then the revision is maintainable. But on the contrary, if the answer is “no” then the revision is not maintainable . Therefore, if the impugned order is interim in nature or does not finally decide the lis, the revision will not be maintainable. The legislative intent is crystal clear. Those orders, which are interim in nature, cannot be the subject-matter of revision under Section 115. There is marked distinction in the language of Section 97(3) of the Old Amendment Act and Section 32(2)(i) of the Amendment Act. While in the former, there was a clear legislative intent to save applications admitted or pending before the amendment came into force. Such an intent is significantly absent in Section 32(2)(i). The amendment relates to procedures. No person has a vested right in a course of procedure. He

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1 (2003) 6 SCC 659

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Signature Not Verified

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Digitally Signed By:HONEY ARORA Signing Da te:1 3.09.2025 14:01:07

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has only the right of proceeding in the manner prescribed. If by a statutory change the mode of procedure is altered, the parties are to proceed according to the altered mode, without exception, unless there is a different stipulation.”

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[Emphasis Supplied]

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2.2 In the case of Gayatri Devi v. Shashi Pal Singh² , the Supreme Court while relying on the Shiv Shakti Coop. Housing Society case has held that an order interim in nature or which does not finally decide the lis, cannot be challenged by way of a revision under Section 115 CPC.

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“14. In the first place, it appears to us that the revision petition before the High Court was wholly incompetent in view of the amended provision of Section 115 CPC. The revision petition was entertained at the stage of interlocutory proceedings. As laid down by this Court in Shiv Shakti Coop. Housing Society v. Swaraj Developers [(2003) 6 SCC 659] an order interim in nature or which does not finally decide the lis, cannot be challenged by way of a revision under Section 115 CPC. ”

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[Emphasis Supplied]

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The Impugned Order is an order dismissing an Application for restoration of the proceedings. If the Application was allowed, the suit or proceedings would not have finally been disposed of as is the requirement under the proviso to Section 115 of the CPC. Concededly, the Impugned Order is not an order which is amenable to challenge under Section 115 of the CPC.

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After some arguments, learned Counsel for the Petitioner seeks and is granted permission to withdraw the present Petition with liberty to take appropriate steps in accordance with law.

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