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class=MsoNormal align=center style=\u0027text-align:center\u0027\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan\r\nstyle=\u0027letter-spacing:.2pt\u0027\u003ePOWERS UNDER ORDER VII, RULE 11, C.P.C\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/b\u003e\u003cspan\r\nstyle=\u0027letter-spacing:.2pt\u0027\u003e\u003co:p\u003e\u003c/o:p\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp class=MsoNormal align=center style=\u0027text-align:center\u0027\u003e\u003cspan\r\nstyle=\u0027letter-spacing:.2pt\u0027\u003e\u003co:p\u003e\u0026nbsp;\u003c/o:p\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp class=MsoNormal align=center style=\u0027text-align:center\u0027\u003e\u003cspan\r\nstyle=\u0027letter-spacing:.2pt\u0027\u003eBy\u003co:p\u003e\u003c/o:p\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp class=MsoNormal align=center style=\u0027text-align:center\u0027\u003e\u003cspan\r\nstyle=\u0027letter-spacing:.2pt\u0027\u003e\u003co:p\u003e\u0026nbsp;\u003c/o:p\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp class=MsoNormal 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style=\u0027letter-spacing:.2pt\u0027\u003eUnder\r\nOrder VII Rule 11, C.P.C. a plaint of a Suit shall be rejected for the\r\nfollowing reasons:\u003co:p\u003e\u003c/o:p\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp class=MsoNormal style=\u0027text-align:justify\u0027\u003e\u003cspan style=\u0027letter-spacing:.2pt\u0027\u003e\u003co:p\u003e\u0026nbsp;\u003c/o:p\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp class=MsoNormal style=\u0027text-align:justify\u0027\u003e\u003cspan style=\u0027letter-spacing:.2pt\u0027\u003e11.\r\n\u003c/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\u0027letter-spacing:-.1pt\u0027\u003eRejection \u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan\r\nstyle=\u0027letter-spacing:.3pt\u0027\u003eof Plaint\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\u0027letter-spacing:\r\n.3pt\u0027\u003e.--The \u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\u0027letter-spacing:.2pt\u0027\u003eplaint shall be rejected\r\nin the following 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so:\u003co:p\u003e\u003c/o:p\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp class=MsoNormal style=\u0027text-align:justify\u0027\u003e\u003cspan style=\u0027letter-spacing:.2pt\u0027\u003e\u003co:p\u003e\u0026nbsp;\u003c/o:p\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp class=MsoNormal style=\u0027margin-left:.5in;text-align:justify;text-indent:-.25in;\r\nmso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list .5in\u0027\u003e\u003c![if !supportLists]\u003e\u003cspan\r\nstyle=\u0027letter-spacing:.2pt\u0027\u003e\u003cspan style=\u0027mso-list:Ignore\u0027\u003e(d)\u003cspan\r\nstyle=\u0027font:7.0pt \"Times New Roman\"\u0027\u003e\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp; \u003c/span\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c![endif]\u003e\u003cspan\r\nclass=GramE\u003e\u003cspan style=\u0027letter-spacing:.2pt\u0027\u003ewhere\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan\r\nstyle=\u0027letter-spacing:.2pt\u0027\u003e the suit appears from the statement in the plaint\r\nto be barred by any law.\u003co:p\u003e\u003c/o:p\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp class=MsoNormal style=\u0027text-align:justify\u0027\u003e\u003cspan style=\u0027letter-spacing:.2pt\u0027\u003e\u003co:p\u003e\u0026nbsp;\u003c/o:p\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp class=MsoNormal style=\u0027text-align:justify\u0027\u003e\u003cspan style=\u0027letter-spacing:.2pt\u0027\u003eIn\r\norder to attract provisions of Order VII, Rule 11, C.P.C. it is mandatory\r\nrequirement that the contents of the plaint should be presumed to be true and\r\ncorrect. However, the precedent of \u003cspan class=SpellE\u003ehonourable\u003c/span\u003e Supreme\r\nCourt of Pakistan laid down in the case of S.M. Shaft Muhammad \u003cspan\r\nclass=SpellE\u003eZaidi\u003c/span\u003e through Legal Heirs v. \u003cspan class=SpellE\u003eMalik\u003c/span\u003e\r\n\u003cspan class=SpellE\u003eHassan\u003c/span\u003e Ali Khan (\u003cspan class=SpellE\u003eMoin\u003c/span\u003e)\r\nthrough Legal Heirs reported in 2002 SCMR 338 is often used for rejecting the\r\nplaint. It has been observed by the \u003cspan class=SpellE\u003ehonourable\u003c/span\u003e\r\nSupreme Court on Page No.342 (Para No.14) as under:\u003co:p\u003e\u003c/o:p\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp class=MsoNormal style=\u0027text-align:justify\u0027\u003e\u003cspan style=\u0027letter-spacing:.2pt\u0027\u003e\u003co:p\u003e\u0026nbsp;\u003c/o:p\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp class=MsoNormal style=\u0027margin-left:.5in;text-align:justify\u0027\u003e\u003cspan\r\nstyle=\u0027letter-spacing:.2pt\u0027\u003e\u0026quot;14. Besides, averments made in the plaint\r\nother material available on record which on its own strength is legally\r\nsufficient to completely refute the claim of the plaintiff, can also be looked\r\ninto for the purpose of rejection of the plaint. It does not necessarily mean\r\nthat the other material shall be taken as conclusive proof of the facts stated\r\ntherein, but it actually moderates that other material on its own intrinsic\r\nvalue be considered\u003cspan style=\u0027mso-tab-count:1\u0027\u003e        \u003c/span\u003ealong with the\r\naverments made in the plaint.\u0026quot;\u003co:p\u003e\u003c/o:p\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp class=MsoNormal style=\u0027text-align:justify\u0027\u003e\u003cspan style=\u0027letter-spacing:.2pt\u0027\u003e\u003co:p\u003e\u0026nbsp;\u003c/o:p\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp class=MsoNormal style=\u0027text-align:justify\u0027\u003e\u003cspan style=\u0027letter-spacing:.2pt\u0027\u003eThe\r\naforesaid observation of the \u003cspan class=SpellE\u003ehonourable\u003c/span\u003e Supreme Court\r\nof Pakistan too demonstrates that the averments of the plaint cannot be ignored\r\nstraightaway. In another case law of \u003cspan class=SpellE\u003ehonourable\u003c/span\u003e\r\nSupreme Court of Pakistan (Abdul \u003cspan class=SpellE\u003eWaris\u003c/span\u003e v. Muhammad \u003cspan\r\nclass=SpellE\u003eYousaf\u003c/span\u003e) reported \u003c/span\u003ein \u003cspan style=\u0027letter-spacing:\r\n.2pt\u0027\u003ePLD 1997 Supreme Court 366, it has \u003cspan class=SpellE\u003ebeen,observed\u003c/span\u003e\r\nby their lordships on Page No.371 by relying upon the case \u003cspan class=SpellE\u003eHaji\u003c/span\u003e\r\nAllah \u003cspan class=SpellE\u003eBakhsh\u003c/span\u003e v. \u003cspan class=SpellE\u003eAbdur\u003c/span\u003e \u003cspan\r\nclass=SpellE\u003eRehman\u003c/span\u003e 1995 SCMR 459. Relevant observation is reproduced below:-\u0026#8209;\u003co:p\u003e\u003c/o:p\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp class=MsoNormal style=\u0027text-align:justify\u0027\u003e\u003cspan style=\u0027letter-spacing:.2pt\u0027\u003e\u003co:p\u003e\u0026nbsp;\u003c/o:p\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp class=MsoNormal style=\u0027margin-left:.5in;text-align:justify\u0027\u003e\u003cspan\r\nstyle=\u0027letter-spacing:.2pt\u0027\u003e\u0026quot;5. In the present case on the basis of the\r\ncontents of the plaint, it could not have been held that the plaint does not\r\ndisclose any cause of action or that relief claimed is undervalued and the\r\nplaintiff failed to correct. \u003cspan class=GramE\u003ethe\u003c/span\u003e valuation in spite of\r\nthe time fixed by the Court or the plaint written upon insufficient stamp-\r\npaper and the plaintiff failed to supply the requisite stamp-paper within the\r\ntime fixed by the Court or that the suit was barred from the statement in the\r\nplaint by any law. In this view of the matter, the learned Civil Judge was\r\ncompetent to reject the above application under Order VII, Rule 11, C.P.C: The\r\npetitioner is free to raise whatever legal or factual pleas are available to\r\nhim to show that the suit is not maintainable but the rejection of the plaint\r\ncould not have been sought on the above grounds which were pressed into\r\nservice. Leave \u003c/span\u003eis \u003cspan style=\u0027letter-spacing:.2pt\u0027\u003erefused.\u003csup\u003e\u0026quot;\u003co:p\u003e\u003c/o:p\u003e\u003c/sup\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp class=MsoNormal style=\u0027text-align:justify\u0027\u003e\u003cspan style=\u0027letter-spacing:.2pt\u0027\u003e\u003co:p\u003e\u0026nbsp;\u003c/o:p\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp class=MsoNormal style=\u0027text-align:justify\u0027\u003e\u003cspan style=\u0027letter-spacing:.2pt\u0027\u003eIt\r\nhas been laid down by the \u003cspan class=SpellE\u003ehonourable\u003c/span\u003e Supreme Court of\r\nPakistan in case \u003cspan class=SpellE\u003eJewan\u003c/span\u003e and 7 others v. Federation of\r\nPakistan through Secretary, Revenue, Islamabad and 2 others 1994 SCMR 826, at\r\nPage No.831, relevant \u003cspan class=SpellE\u003eplacitum\u003c/span\u003e is reproduced as\r\nunder:-\u0026#8209;\u003co:p\u003e\u003c/o:p\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp class=MsoNormal style=\u0027text-align:justify\u0027\u003e\u003cspan style=\u0027letter-spacing:.2pt\u0027\u003e\u003co:p\u003e\u0026nbsp;\u003c/o:p\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp class=MsoNormal style=\u0027margin-left:.5in;text-align:justify\u0027\u003e\u003cspan\r\nstyle=\u0027letter-spacing:.2pt\u0027\u003e\u0026quot;We are, therefore, of the view that in the\r\nabove- referred cases though the observation was made by the Court that Order\r\nVII, Rule 11, C.P.C. is not exhaustive of all situations but it did not lay\r\ndown the law that the Court while rejecting the plaint under Order VII, Rule\r\n11, C.P.C. could take into consideration the plea of defendant though disputed\r\nand denied by the plaintiff.\u003csup\u003e\u0026quot;\u003co:p\u003e\u003c/o:p\u003e\u003c/sup\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp class=MsoNormal style=\u0027text-align:justify\u0027\u003e\u003cspan style=\u0027letter-spacing:.2pt\u0027\u003e\u003co:p\u003e\u0026nbsp;\u003c/o:p\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp class=MsoNormal style=\u0027text-align:justify\u0027\u003e\u003cspan style=\u0027letter-spacing:.2pt\u0027\u003eIn\r\na case law reported in 1991 SCMR 2030, it has been held by the \u003cspan\r\nclass=SpellE\u003ehonourable\u003c/span\u003e Supreme Court of \u003cst1:place w:st=\"on\"\u003e\u003cst1:country-region\r\n w:st=\"on\"\u003ePakistan\u003c/st1:country-region\u003e\u003c/st1:place\u003e that in case of defect,\r\nthe plaintiff be given opportunity to remove defect. In another case law\r\nreported in 1990 SCMR 1630, it has been held by the \u003cspan class=SpellE\u003ehonourable\u003c/span\u003e\r\nSupreme Court of Pakistan that the plaint cannot be rejected on plea of lack of\r\nproof, weakness of proof and only averments of plaint be seen.\u003co:p\u003e\u003c/o:p\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp class=MsoNormal style=\u0027text-align:justify\u0027\u003e\u003cspan style=\u0027letter-spacing:.2pt\u0027\u003e\u003co:p\u003e\u0026nbsp;\u003c/o:p\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp class=MsoNormal style=\u0027text-align:justify\u0027\u003e\u003cspan style=\u0027letter-spacing:.2pt\u0027\u003eHowever,\r\nthe plaint cannot be rejected where the pleas raised in the plaint require\r\nevidence such as fraud, misrepresentation, limitation, etc, or any mixed\r\nquestions of law and facts. It has been held in case of Muhammad \u003cspan\r\nclass=SpellE\u003eAltaf\u003c/span\u003e and others \u003c/span\u003ev. \u003cspan class=SpellE\u003e\u003cspan\r\nstyle=\u0027letter-spacing:.2pt\u0027\u003eAbdur\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\u0027letter-spacing:\r\n.2pt\u0027\u003e \u003cspan class=SpellE\u003eRehman\u003c/span\u003e Khan and others 2001 SCMR 953 (Page\r\nNo.954), the relevant \u003cspan class=SpellE\u003eplacitum\u003c/span\u003e is reproduced as\r\nfollows:\u0026#8209;\u003co:p\u003e\u003c/o:p\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp class=MsoNormal style=\u0027text-align:justify\u0027\u003e\u003cspan style=\u0027letter-spacing:.2pt\u0027\u003e\u003co:p\u003e\u0026nbsp;\u003c/o:p\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp class=MsoNormal style=\u0027margin-left:.5in;text-align:justify\u0027\u003e\u003cspan\r\nstyle=\u0027letter-spacing:.2pt\u0027\u003e\u0026quot;4. We would not like to express our views on\r\nthe merits of the respective case of parties. However, it will suffice to\r\nobserve that for the purpose of an application under Order VII, Rule 11,\r\nC.P.C., the averments contained in a plaint are to be presumed, to be correct. In\r\nthe case in hand, learned Judges of the Division Bench have rightly pointed out\r\nthat the allegation of fraud which was also averred \u003c/span\u003ein \u003cspan\r\nstyle=\u0027letter-spacing:.2pt\u0027\u003ethe plaint could not have been resolved without\r\nrecording evidence.\u0026quot;\u003co:p\u003e\u003c/o:p\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp class=MsoNormal style=\u0027text-align:justify\u0027\u003e\u003cspan style=\u0027letter-spacing:.2pt\u0027\u003e\u003co:p\u003e\u0026nbsp;\u003c/o:p\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp class=MsoNormal style=\u0027text-align:justify\u0027\u003e\u003cspan style=\u0027letter-spacing:.2pt\u0027\u003eIt\r\nhas been observed in case of \u003cspan class=SpellE\u003eTariq\u003c/span\u003e \u003cspan\r\nclass=SpellE\u003eMahmood\u003c/span\u003e \u003cspan class=SpellE\u003eChaudhry\u003c/span\u003e, \u003cspan\r\nclass=SpellE\u003eKamboh\u003c/span\u003e v. \u003cspan class=SpellE\u003eNajam\u003c/span\u003e-un-Din 1999 SCMR\r\n2396 (Page No.2397), by the \u003cspan class=SpellE\u003ehonourable\u003c/span\u003e Supreme Court\r\nof Pakistan, the relevant \u003cspan class=SpellE\u003eplacitum\u003c/span\u003e (A) is reproduced \u003c/span\u003eas\r\n\u003cspan style=\u0027letter-spacing:.2pt\u0027\u003eunder:-\u0026#8209;\u003co:p\u003e\u003c/o:p\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp class=MsoNormal style=\u0027text-align:justify\u0027\u003e\u003cspan style=\u0027letter-spacing:.2pt\u0027\u003e\u003co:p\u003e\u0026nbsp;\u003c/o:p\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp class=MsoNormal style=\u0027margin-left:.5in;text-align:justify\u0027\u003e\u003cspan\r\nstyle=\u0027letter-spacing:.2pt\u0027\u003e\u0026quot;3. After hearing the learned counsel for the\r\npetitioner and the respondent who appeared in person, \u003c/span\u003ewe \u003cspan\r\nstyle=\u0027letter-spacing:.2pt\u0027\u003eare of the view that the learned Civil Judge had\r\nalready framed issue No.2 to the effect that the suit was within time and\r\nbesides that the learned Civil Judge also gave finding that the question of\r\nlimitation in the case was a mixed question of law and fact and thus the issue\r\ncan only be resolved after recording of evidence touching the\r\ncontroversy.\u0026quot;\u003co:p\u003e\u003c/o:p\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp class=MsoNormal style=\u0027text-align:justify\u0027\u003e\u003cspan style=\u0027letter-spacing:.2pt\u0027\u003e\u003co:p\u003e\u0026nbsp;\u003c/o:p\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp class=MsoNormal style=\u0027text-align:justify;text-indent:.5in\u0027\u003e\u003cspan\r\nstyle=\u0027letter-spacing:.2pt\u0027\u003eWhen first application under Order VII, Rule 11, \u003cspan\r\nclass=GramE\u003eC.P.C\u003c/span\u003e. has already been decided on merits, second\r\napplication under Order VII, Rule 11, C.P.C. is not maintainable. See PLD 2002\r\nSupreme Court 74.\u003co:p\u003e\u003c/o:p\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp class=MsoNormal style=\u0027text-align:justify\u0027\u003e\u003cspan style=\u0027letter-spacing:.2pt\u0027\u003e\u003co:p\u003e\u0026nbsp;\u003c/o:p\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp class=MsoNormal style=\u0027text-align:justify;text-indent:.5in\u0027\u003e\u003cspan\r\nstyle=\u0027letter-spacing:.2pt\u0027\u003eAfter rejection of the plaint, the plaintiff can\r\nfile fresh suit after removing technical defects; if any. Moreover, the order\r\nrejecting a plaint is certainly a decree in terms of the definition of the\r\nexpression \u0026quot;decree\u0026quot; contained in S.2(2), C.P.C. and could be\r\nchallenged under section 96, C.P.C. However, if the application for rejection\r\nof the plaint is dismissed, the party seeking rejection of the plaint may\r\ninvoke the jurisdiction of \u003cst1:Street w:st=\"on\"\u003e\u003cst1:address w:st=\"on\"\u003e\u003cspan\r\n  class=SpellE\u003eRevisional\u003c/span\u003e Court\u003c/st1:address\u003e\u003c/st1:Street\u003e, if the said\r\norder falls within the meaning of Section 115, C.P.C.\u003co:p\u003e\u003c/o:p\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp class=MsoNormal\u003e\u003co:p\u003e\u0026nbsp;\u003c/o:p\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003c/div\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003c/body\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003c/html\u003e\r\n"