Bhagwat Prasad vs Ramesh Chand on 28 February, 2018
8. The respondent contends that the choosing of wrong remedy will not
entitle a party for suspension of the provisions of the Limitation Act. He
further submits that India Electric Works Ltd. v. James Mantosh and
another would not be of any assistance to the appellant, because in that case
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the subsequent suit was before a different Court. The suit was decreed for
the period prior; it had also claimed future damages. The decree was
granted, however, the High Court set it aside on the ground that no decree
can be passed for recovery of compensation after the date of the suit upto the
date of the decree or after the date of the decree until recovery of possession
in a pure suit for recovery of money. Subsequently, a suit was filed for
recovery of damages in the regular suit. The subsequent suit for future
damages had been allowed by the Supreme Court on the ground that the first
Court did not have the jurisdiction to try to adjudicate the relief now sought,
i.e, it was a different Court. In the present case, however, the same Court
could have adjudicated both for possession as well as for a specific
performance. Therefore, there is no defect of jurisdiction and it was the
conscious option of the appellant not to seek the relief of specific
performance. The appellant is also required to pursue with due diligence and
in good faith but nothing is on the record in the contrary.