Dismissed¶18
Y.Sreelatha @ Roja v. Manickam Narayanan
Madras HCA/297/2009
Case brief
AI extract
What is this about?
Impleadment of third party by defendant; dominus litis; plaintiff as master of the litigation; defendant cannot implead third party in plaintiff's plaint; Order 1 Rule 10(2) CPC; Order XIV Rule 8 O.S Rules; application closed as not maintainable; Madras High Court Original Side; C.S.No.543 of 2005; A No. 297 of 2009; proposed fourth defendant R. Venkatachalam (Sri Ramachandra Medical College); plaintiff Manickam Narayanan / 7th Channel Communications; first defendant Y. Sreelatha @ Roja.
What did the court decide?
As the plaintiff is a dominus litis, the first defendant cannot file an application seeking a third party to be impleaded in the plaint filed by the plaintiff. ¶17