Supreme Court · 2012 INSC 383 · Decided 7 September 2012
M/S Virgo Industries (ENG.) P.LTD. v. M/S.VENTURETECH Solutions P.LTD.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2012 INSC 383 · [2012] 7 S.C.R. 933
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 6372/2012
- Decided
- 7 September 2012
- Bench
- P. SATHASIVAM, RANJAN GOGOI (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- CPC; Constitution Article 227
Headnote
Code of Civil Procedure, 1908: A B Or II, r. 2 - Two suits on same cause of action - Bar u/Or II, c r. 2 - Object - Applicability - Held: Or. II r. 2 seeks to avoid multiplicity of litigations on same cause of action - The Rule engrafts a laudable principle that discourages/prohibits vexing again by multiple suits except in a situation where one of the several reliefs, though available to 0 a plaintiff, may not have been claimed for a good reason - A later suit for such relief is contemplated only with the leave of the Court, granted upon due satisfaction and for good and
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