In cases where defendant
seeks for rejection of the plaint by invoking clause (d) of
Rule 11, particular law which bars such suit has to be
stated by the applicant. In fact, such averments should
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be found in the application itself and where the
applicant fails to specify the law, which bars such suit,
plaint cannot be rejected. While examining an
application for rejection of the plaint under Order 7
Rule 11(d) CPC, scrutiny of averments made in the
plaint is true or untrue would not be an issue which
can be subject matter of scrutiny. For the proposition
that plaint cannot be rejected on the basis of allegation
made by the defendant in its written statement,
judgment of Hon'ble Apex Court in the matter of
MAYOR (HK) LIMITED AND ANOTHER vs OWNERS
AND PARTY VESSEL reported in AIR 2006 SC 1828
can be looked up. Hon'ble Apex Court in the case of
KAMALA & OTHERS vs K.T. ESHWARA SA &
OTHERS reported in AIR 2008 SC 3174 has held that
different clauses in Rule 11 of Order 7 CPC should not
be mixed up while seeking rejection of the plaint. It has
been held that for invoking Rule 11(d), no evidence can
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be looked into and at that stage, issues of merit of
matter would not be in the realm of the court.
15. The afore-extracted assertions in para 53 of the plaint, submits
Mr. Lall, is suffice to treat the Delhi office of the plaintiff as its
principal office. In any event, he submits that this issue would be a
matter of trial. He relies, for this purpose, on paras 31 and 32 of the
report in Mayer (HK) Ltd. v. Owners & Parties, Vessel M.V. Fortune
Express3, which read thus:
30. Learned Counsel for the respondent/plaintiff relied upon the judgment of the Apex Court in Maya (HK) Ltd., v. Owner and Parties Vessel MV Fortune Express wherein it is clearly laid down that so long as the plaint discloses some cause of action which require determination by the Court, the mere fact that in the opinion of the Judge the plaintiff may not succeed cannot be a ground for rejection of the Plaint. In the present case, there is a clear disclosure of the fact that the cause of action arises only in Chennai. In the above case it is also laid down that for ousting jurisdiction of the court the entire plaint has to be read, and when there are pleadings regarding misrepresentation, fraud, willful default, undue influence, material facts have to be gone into and this can be adjudicated only in a civil court.
The Hon'ble Supreme Court
of India in Mayer (HK) (Supra) has in terms held that only material facts
needs to be stated under order 6 rule 2 of CPC. Plaintiff have pleaded all the
material facts and therefore the judgment of the English Court which would
be based on their rules of pleading can have no bearing on facts of the
present case.