https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=195710 Documents sought in a civil recovery suit must be relevant to the adjudication of the pending claim and cannot be compelled merely to investigate the plaintiff's financial transactions or support collateral proceedings. The court held that the defendant's request under Order XVI Rule 1 CPC was outside the proper scope of the suit, especially where the materials were sought for purposes beyond direct trial of the recovery action. It also noted that the impugned order rejecting summoning of documents was not appealable under Order XLIII Rule 1 CPC. The refusal to summon the documents was therefore maintained. en-us Mon, 03 Nov 2014 00:00:00 +0530 Wed, 08 Nov 2017 15:38:46 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=195710 Documents sought in a civil recovery suit must be relevant to the adjudication of the pending claim and cannot be compelled merely to investigate the plaintiff's financial transactions or support collateral proceedings. The court held that the defendant's request under Order XVI Rule 1 CPC was outside the proper scope of the suit, especially where the materials were sought for purposes beyond direct trial of the recovery action. It also noted that the impugned order rejecting summoning of documents was not appealable under Order XLIII Rule 1 CPC. The refusal to summon the documents was therefore maintained. Case-Laws Indian Laws Mon, 03 Nov 2014 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=195710