Plaint Must Be Meaningfully Read to Determine if Statutory Bar Is Veiled by Clever Drafting Under Order VII Rule 11 CPC: Supreme Court

The Supreme Court has delivered an important ruling explaining the scope and application of Order VII Rule 11 of the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 (CPC), holding that trial courts must carefully examine whether a plaint is being used to conceal a statutory bar through clever drafting. The judgment was delivered by a bench of Justice J.B. Pardiwala and Justice R. Mahadevan while dealing with a dispute involving a claim…