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Issues: Whether the plaint could be rejected under Order VII Rule 11 of the Code of Civil Procedure on the ground of limitation when the dispute involved mixed questions of fact and law and required adjudication on merits.
Analysis: The appeal arose from an order rejecting the plaint in a suit for declaration, permanent injunction and recovery of possession. The decisive question was whether limitation could be determined without trial. The pleadings showed that the controversy depended upon the parties' rival claims to title, possession and the effect of the earlier partition suit. Such questions could not be resolved merely on an interlocutory application under Order VII Rule 11. The scheme of Order VII also indicates that rejection of plaint is an exceptional power, to be exercised sparingly, and that where a plaint is rejected the plaintiff may still present a fresh plaint under Order VII Rule 13. A plaint must be read as a whole, and if the dispute raises factual issues requiring evidence, the proper course is to frame issues and proceed to trial rather than reject the plaint summarily.
Conclusion: The rejection of the plaint was unsustainable and the matter had to be tried on merits; the finding on limitation could not be recorded at the threshold under Order VII Rule 11.
Ratio Decidendi: A plaint should not be rejected under Order VII Rule 11 of the Code of Civil Procedure where the issue of limitation depends on mixed questions of fact and law and requires adjudication after trial.
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