Supreme Court · 1995 INSC 709 · Decided 9 November 1995
Muni Lal v. The Oriental Fire and General Insurance Company LTD. and ANR.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1995 INSC 709 · [1995] SUPP. 5 S.C.R. 42
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 10337/1995
- Decided
- 9 November 1995
- Bench
- K. RAMASWAMY, S. SAGHIR AHMAD (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- CPC Section 6; Contract Act Section 28; Limitation Act; Specific Relief Act Section 34
Headnote
Code of Civil Procedure, 1908: Order 6 Rule 17. Pleadings-Amendment-Pennissibility of-Loss of t1uck-Declarat01y suit against Insurance Company-No consequential relief of specified amount claimed-Dismissal of-Application for amendment of plaint in the appellate Court for consequential relief-On the by limitation-Amendment seeking to introduce altemative relief of specified amount held bad in law. Specific Relief Act, 1872 : Section 34--Proviso. Declarat01y suit-Seeking mere declarati01r-Failure to claim conse­ quential relief-Effect of E Contract Act, 1872: Section 28.
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