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Issues: (i) whether the plaintiff was entitled to withdraw the suit with liberty to institute a fresh suit on the same cause of action under Order 23 Rule 1 of the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908; (ii) whether, after refusing such liberty, the court could permit withdrawal without liberty and simultaneously dismiss the suit as withdrawn.
Issue (i): Whether the plaintiff was entitled to withdraw the suit with liberty to institute a fresh suit on the same cause of action under Order 23 Rule 1 of the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908.
Analysis: The grounds relied on did not disclose a formal defect or any sufficient basis for granting leave to file a fresh suit. The circumstances stated for withdrawal did not justify permission to reserve a second suit on the same cause of action.
Conclusion: The plaintiff was not entitled to withdraw the suit with liberty to institute a fresh suit on the same cause of action.
Issue (ii): Whether, after refusing such liberty, the court could permit withdrawal without liberty and simultaneously dismiss the suit as withdrawn.
Analysis: An application under Order 23 Rule 1(2) must be considered as a whole. The court cannot split the composite prayer into two parts, allow withdrawal while refusing liberty, and then dismiss the suit as withdrawn. If liberty is refused, the proper course is to reject the application and keep the suit pending for trial.
Conclusion: The order permitting withdrawal without liberty and the consequential dismissal of the suit were unsustainable and were set aside, with a direction to restore the suit for disposal on merits.
Final Conclusion: The challenge succeeded to the extent that the withdrawal order and the dismissal of the suit were annulled, while the refusal of liberty to file a fresh suit was upheld; the suit was restored for adjudication on merits.
Ratio Decidendi: A court dealing with a composite request for withdrawal of a suit with liberty to file a fresh suit cannot sever the prayer, refuse liberty yet allow withdrawal and dismiss the suit as withdrawn; the request must be allowed or refused in toto.
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