Unit 2 of Legal Language including Legal Writing and General English (syllabus: Module 2). Below: what the unit covers, the provisions it turns on, and the cases an examiner expects you to name.
What this unit covers
- How is a civil suit begun, and when will the court refuse to let the plaint stand?
- When may a civil court try the dispute at all?
- Which court, and what happens if the wrong one decides?
- When will the court restrain a party by injunction?
Treat that list as a self-test: recite each topic's rule from memory before you open its cases.
Provisions
- Code of Civil Procedure 1908, s. s. 26 and Order VII
- Code of Civil Procedure 1908, s. s. 9
- Code of Civil Procedure 1908, s. ss. 15 to 21
- Specific Relief Act 1963, s. ss. 36 to 42
Leading cases
- T. Arivandandam v T.V. Satyapal
- Dhulabhai v State of Madhya Pradesh (1969)
- Kiran Singh v Chaman Paswan (1954)
- Dalpat Kumar v Prahlad Singh (1992)