Decree on admission requires clear, unequivocal liability; partial relief may follow only to the admitted extent.

A decree on admission under Order XII Rule 6 CPC can be granted only where the admission is clear, unambiguous, and sufficient to support the relief claimed. On the pleadings and admitted record, the court found no unequivocal admission for the entire claim, but accepted the quantified liability disclosed in the admitted email and attachment. Partial relief was therefore granted, and a preliminary decree was passed only to the extent of the admitted amount, with the remaining claims left for further proceedings.

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Issues: Whether the plaintiff was entitled to a decree on admissions under Order XII Rule 6 of the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908, and to what extent the admitted material justified a preliminary decree.

Analysis: The admissions in the pleadings, common written statement, and admitted addendum showed that the consortium arrangement and receipt of payments were not in dispute, but the Court found no clear and unequivocal admission for the entire amount claimed. The admitted email and attachment, however, constituted a clear admission of liability to a quantified extent. Applying the settled principle that judgment on admission can be granted only where the admission is clear, unambiguous, and sufficient to entitle the claimant to relief, the Court declined to grant the full claimed sum but accepted the admitted liability reflected in the record.

Conclusion: The application was allowed only to the extent of the admitted amount, and a preliminary decree was passed for Rs. 4,19,05,956 with interest against defendants 1 to 3 jointly and severally.

Final Conclusion: The plaintiff obtained partial relief on the basis of admissions, while the remaining claims in the suit were left for further proceedings.

Ratio Decidendi: A decree on admission under Order XII Rule 6 of the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 can be passed only to the extent that the admission is clear, unambiguous, and sufficient to support the relief claimed.

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