Dr. Mangal Dass Kapoor vs Smt. Kamla Rani on 11 August, 2009
Rai Bahadur Singh (1950) 77 Ind App 98 wherein the Privy Council restored a
decree passed by the learned Subordinate Judge declaring the plaintiff's
contingent interest in the remainder by observing "It is clear that it was
competent for him to do so under Section 42 of the Specific Relief Act..."
The above view about maintainability of a suit for declaration simplicitor, where the plaintiff
does not seek any other relief, has been affirmed in the judgment of the Punjab and Haryana
High Court in Joginder Kaur Malik v. Malik Anup Singh AIR 1966 Pun 385 as well as two
judgments of this court, in Sanjay Gupta v. Ved Kanti Gupta 1994 (31) DRJ 76 and Jugdish
Chander v. Punjab National Bank 1998 RLR 254. Thus, the present suit is maintainable, even
though the plaintiff has not sought any consequential relief.