Rajdeep Sood vs . Raghbir Singh on 7 July, 2012
18 However, in the present suit, the subsequent purchaser
purchased the property by personal volition of the defendant. Plaintiff has not
sought any relief of declaration of sale deed to be null and void against the
proposed defendant. It has been held in Anil Kumar Singh Vs Shivnath
Mishra (1995) 3 SCC 147, where the plaintiff merely seeks to add the
subsequent purchaser as the defendant without challenging the same in his
favour or seeking any other relief against him, the application under Order I
Rule 10 CPC needs to be allowed. There is no question of the subsequent
purchaser not being a necessary or a proper party in a suit for specific
performance of an agreement. A plaintiff may choose to adopt independent
proceedings against a subsequent purchaser simultaneously or later. Indeed it
would be appropriate in most cases to bring a composite suit. It would avoid
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