Thursday, July 23, 2009

It is settled proposition of law that a party has to plead the case and produce/adduce sufficient evidence to substaniate his submission made in the petition and in case the pleadings are not complete, the Court is under no obligation to entertain the pleas.___CLT Vol.108 (89)


“In our opinion, when a point, which is ostensibly a point of law is required to be substantiated by facts, the party raising the point, if he is the Writ Petitioner, must plead and prove such facts by evidence which must apper from the Writ Petition and if he is the Respondent, from the counter affidavit. If the facts are not pleaded or the evidence in support of such facts is not annexed to the Writ Petition or to the counter-affidavit, as the case may be, the Court will not entertain the point. There is distinction between a pleading under the Code of Civil Procedure and a Writ Petition or a counter-affidavit. While in a pleading, that is a plaint or a written statement, the facts and not the evidence are required to be pleaded. In a Writ Petition or in the counter affidavit, not only the facts but also the evidence in proof of such facts have to be pleaded and annexed to it.” (Emphasis added).

______________Bharat Singh & Ors. Vs. State of Haryana & Ors., AIR 1988 SC 2181


Similar views : -

  1. M/s. Larsen & Toubro Ltd. & Ors. Vs. Stae of Gujarat & Ors., AIR 1998 SC 1608

  2. National Buildings Construction Corporation Vs. S. Raghunathan & Ors., AIR 1998 SC 2779

  3. Ram Narain Arora Vs. Asha Rani & Ors., AIR 1998 SC 3012

  4. Smt Chitra Kumari Vs. Union of India & Ors., AIR 2001 SC 1237

  5. State of U.P. & Ors. Vs. Chandra pPrakash Pandey & Ors., AIR 2001 SC 1298

  6. M/s. Atul castings Ltd. Vs. Bawa Gurvacha Singh, AIR 2001 SC 1684

  7. Vithal N. Shetti & Anr. Vs. Orakash N. Rudrakar & Ors., (2003) 1 SCC 18

  8. Devasahayam (Dead) by L.Rs.Vs. P. Savithramma & ors., (205) 7 SCC 653

  9. Sait Nagjee Purushottam & Co. Ltd. Vs. Vimalabai Prabhulal & ors., (2005) 8 SCC 252

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