Case Law Analysis
|Madhya Pradesh High Court
Order XI Rule 12 CPC | Discovery Cannot Extend to Private Financial Records Unrelated to Suit's Core Claim : MP HC
The Madhya Pradesh High Court has ruled that under Order XI Rule 12 CPC, courts cannot compel disclosure of private financial documents-such as bank statements, pensions, or insurance payouts-when they bear no direct connection to the monetary dispute at hand. This reinforces the boundary between procedural discovery and the right to financial privacy, protecting defendants from fishing expeditions disguised as discovery requests.
