Ranchore Prasad Narain Singh And Anr. vs Bibi Tahzibunisa on 7 July, 1967
6. The explanation to Section 47 says that for the purposes of this Section a plaintiff whose suit has been dismissed, a defendant against whom a suit has been dismissed and a purchaser at a sale in execution of the decree are parties to the suit. The words "and a purchaser at a sale in execution of the decree" were added by the amending Act of 1956. This Explanation was construed not to cover the cases of those who were not necessary party to the suit and whose names were struck off from the plaint before the decision of the suit. The above-discussed contention was put forward by Mr. S. Asghar Hussain on account of the aforesaid construction put on the Explanation in Judicial decisions. Even in cases where a party had no concern with the suit, but his name was not removed from the record, it was held that he was not a party to the suit for the purposes of Section 47, Discussions in these decisions, however, leave no room for doubt that in a case where the plaintiff abandons the claim against a defendant and the suit is dismissed as against him, he is a party to the suit for the purpose of Section 47 of the Code of Civil Procedure. A Bench decision
of this Court in the case of Suresh Mohan Thakur v. Shatnal Mall Bubna , after discussing the various decisions of the different High Courts on the point took the same view.