Supreme Court · 2017 INSC 100 · Decided 2 February 2017
Richard Lee v. Girish Soni and ANR.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2017 INSC 100 · [2017] 1 S.C.R. 665
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 1345/2017
- Decided
- 2 February 2017
- Bench
- KURIAN JOSEPH, A.M. KHANWILKAR (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Disposed off
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- CPC
Headnote
Code of Civil Procedure, 1908- Order I, Rule 10-Impleadment as necessary party - Eviction petition by respondent - Application for impleadment as necessary party by appellant alleging that he was partner in a firm-tenant in the shop in dispute - Application allowed by Rent Controller - However, held: For proper adjudication, both the firm and all its partners should be on the array of parties as proper party - They are not necessary parties from the point of view of the Eviction Petition - However, the Court has a duty to see whether the presence of the proper parties would
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