Case Law Analysis
|Gujarat High Court
Section 96 CPC Allows Appeal Only from One Decree; First Appeal Cannot Challenge Both Suit and Counter-Claim Decrees | Gujarat HC
A Gujarat High Court ruled that under Section 96 of the CPC a first appeal may be filed against only a single decree, barring a combined challenge to both the suit decree and the counter-claim decree. Litigants must file separate appeals for each decree, reinforcing procedural compliance in civil appeals.