Nuthalapati Munaswamy Naidu vs N.A.Chengamma Naidu And 8 Ors on 3 July, 2018
14C. From its combined reading as also answered by this
Court in CCCA.No.128 of 2009 dated 02.12.2015 between Smt.
Maimoona Begum v. G.Sarat Babu reported in 2016 (2) ALD 610,
on the scope of Order XX Rule 5 read with Order XIV Rule 2 CPC
particularly from Paras 7 & 8 of the judgment, a combined
reading of these provisions make it abundantly clear on question
of law regarding jurisdiction or other legal bar to a suit once
required to be decided and if was decided holding lack of
jurisdiction or for other legal bar to maintain the civil suit there
is no need to deal with other issues for practically the Court
therefrom becomes functus officio. In this regard there is no any
inconsistency between the two provisions. It is to say at the cost
of repetition that if the Court gives any finding on the
preliminary issue of lack of jurisdiction or other legal bar
inherently which goes to the root of the matter, Court cannot
decide the lis on merits and consequently functus officio.