https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=198895 The amended Order XIV Rule 2 CPC requires courts to decide all issues and has curtailed the vious practice of trying preliminary issues first. After the 1976 amendment, the court is not bound to treat every question of jurisdiction or statutory bar as a preliminary issue; sub-rule (2) merely preserves a discretion to try such an issue first where it is an issue of law. The change was intended to reduce piecemeal trials and delay from interlocutory challenges. The legal effect is that jurisdictional and statutory-bar questions may be taken up preliminarily, but only at the court's discretion, not as a mandatory obligation. en-us Thu, 23 Jun 1983 00:00:00 +0530 Mon, 12 Feb 2018 16:40:44 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=198895 The amended Order XIV Rule 2 CPC requires courts to decide all issues and has curtailed the vious practice of trying preliminary issues first. After the 1976 amendment, the court is not bound to treat every question of jurisdiction or statutory bar as a preliminary issue; sub-rule (2) merely preserves a discretion to try such an issue first where it is an issue of law. The change was intended to reduce piecemeal trials and delay from interlocutory challenges. The legal effect is that jurisdictional and statutory-bar questions may be taken up preliminarily, but only at the court's discretion, not as a mandatory obligation. Case-Laws Indian Laws Thu, 23 Jun 1983 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=198895