State Bank Of India vs Sanjeev Malik on 15 February, 1996
It was there held that the Civil Court could grant mesne profits,but could dismiss the suit so far as the relief of possession is concerned "on the ground that the Civil Court has no Jurisdiction to grant the relief..." The Orissa High Court in Basanta Mishra vs. Laxmi held that relief for maintenance could be granted by the Munsif Court at Sonepur while the said Court would not, because of Section 16(b), be able to grant relief of partition as the property was outside the jurisdiction. In those circumstances, Order 6, Rule 16 was to be applied and plaintiff asked to delete the relief of partition. If plaintiff fails, the Court could strike out the relief but the plaint could not be returned under Order 7, Rule 10 CPC. All these rulings would show that the entire plaint cannot be returned if the Court has jurisdiction in regard to a part.