Supreme Court of India · 2017-08-21
Sejal Glass Ltd. vs Navilan Merchants Pvt. Ltd. And Ors
- Citation / case number
- AIR 2017 SUPREME COURT 4477
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Petitioner
- Sejal Glass Ltd.
- Respondent
- Navilan Merchants Pvt. Ltd. And Ors
- Author
- R.F. Nariman
- Bench
- Sanjay Kishan Kaul, Rohinton Fali Nariman
Judgment text excerpt
The Supreme Court held that under Order VII Rule 11 of the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908, a plaint can only be rejected as a whole and not in part. The Court found that the impugned judgment, which bifurcated the plaint and allowed the suit to continue against one defendant while dismissing it against others, was incorrect. The Court emphasized that a plaint must disclose a cause of action in its entirety for rejection under this provision, thereby overturning the lower court's decision.