https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=465771 A plaint may be rejected at the threshold under Order VII Rule 11(a) and (d) CPC where, on a meaningful reading of its own averments, it discloses only an illusory cause of action and is framed to evade limitation. The plaint here rested on an alleged error in a 1953 partition deed, yet sought no relief against that foundational document while challenging later transactions as lacking title. The Court treated this as clever drafting that concealed the real dispute, found no genuine cause of action, and held the suit to be an abuse of process; rejection of the plaint was upheld in favour of the appellants. en-us Fri, 28 Apr 2023 00:00:00 +0530 Thu, 08 Jan 2026 21:13:45 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=465771 A plaint may be rejected at the threshold under Order VII Rule 11(a) and (d) CPC where, on a meaningful reading of its own averments, it discloses only an illusory cause of action and is framed to evade limitation. The plaint here rested on an alleged error in a 1953 partition deed, yet sought no relief against that foundational document while challenging later transactions as lacking title. The Court treated this as clever drafting that concealed the real dispute, found no genuine cause of action, and held the suit to be an abuse of process; rejection of the plaint was upheld in favour of the appellants. Case-Laws Indian Laws Fri, 28 Apr 2023 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=465771