Sri Shailendra Kumar v. Sri Baban Majee Alias Gope
Case brief
What is this about?
Jharkhand High Court, Ranchi; C.M.P. No. 484 of 2025; decided 14.11.2025 by Gautam Kumar Choudhary, J. Keywords: Order XVIII Rule 17 CPC; recall of witness; cross-examination of plaintiffs' witnesses; impleadment of additional plaintiffs; joint money suit; adjudication of respective shares of co-plaintiffs; necessity of pleadings and issues; multiplicity of proceedings; impugned order set aside; direction to pass order afresh; Money Suit No. 235/2022; claim of Rs.75,49,000/-. Useful for: applications by newly impleaded plaintiffs to recall and cross-examine witnesses already examined; requirement of pleadings and framed issues before adjudicating individual shares in a joint money-decree suit.
What did the court decide?
Impugned Trial Court order set aside; learned trial court directed to pass order afresh in the light of the court's observations; Civil Miscellaneous Petition disposed of; pending I.A., if any, stands disposed of.