Case Law Analysis
|Supreme Court of India
Order VII Rule 11 CPC | Trial Court Must Specify Rejection Clause & Read Plaint Meaningfully; Mortgage Suit Restored : SC
The Supreme Court held that a trial court rejecting a plaint under Order VII Rule 11 CPC must expressly indicate the specific clause invoked and undertake a meaningful reading of the pleadings. The suit, which alleged a registered sale deed was in substance a mortgage by conditional sale, has been restored for trial on merits.