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Issues: (i) whether an order granting leave to withdraw a suit with liberty to file a fresh suit is a judgment appealable under Clause 15 of the Letters Patent; (ii) whether leave under Order 23, Rule 1(2) could be granted ex parte and whether non-joinder of parties amounted to a formal defect justifying withdrawal with liberty to sue afresh.
Issue (i): Whether an order granting leave to withdraw a suit with liberty to file a fresh suit is a judgment appealable under Clause 15 of the Letters Patent.
Analysis: An order permitting withdrawal with liberty to bring a fresh suit affects the defendant's substantive right because it removes the finality that would otherwise follow from an unconditional withdrawal. The right to resist a fresh suit on the same cause of action is a valuable right, and an order depriving the defendant of that protection is judicial in character. The absence of service of summons on the defendant does not alter the nature of the order.
Conclusion: The order was appealable as a judgment under Clause 15 of the Letters Patent, and the challenge was maintainable.
Issue (ii): Whether leave under Order 23, Rule 1(2) could be granted ex parte and whether non-joinder of parties amounted to a formal defect justifying withdrawal with liberty to sue afresh.
Analysis: Leave under Order 23, Rule 1(2) requires the Court to be satisfied that the suit must fail by reason of a formal defect or that there are sufficient grounds to permit a fresh suit. That satisfaction cannot be reached behind the back of the other side, because the opposing party must be heard on the alleged defect. Non-joinder of parties is not a formal defect of the kind contemplated by the rule where the omission can simply be cured by adding the missing parties. In a representative suit, the Court must also safeguard the interests of the represented class before permitting withdrawal with liberty.
Conclusion: The ex parte leave was wrongly granted and the alleged non-joinder did not justify withdrawal with liberty to file a fresh suit.
Final Conclusion: The appeal succeeded and the order allowing withdrawal with liberty to institute a fresh suit was set aside.
Ratio Decidendi: An order granting withdrawal of a suit with liberty to file a fresh suit is appealable when it affects a valuable right of the defendant, and such leave can be granted only after hearing the other side and only where a genuine formal defect or other sufficient ground is shown.
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