INDIAN OVERSEAS BANK, MADRAS versus CHEMICAL CONSTRUCTION COMPANY & ORS

INDIAN OVERSEAS BANK, MADRAS versus CHEMICAL CONSTRUCTION COMPANY & ORS

In cases where two suits involving common questions of fact and law between the same parties are pending in different courts, and evidence is principally available at one location, it is expedient in the interests of justice under Section 25 CPC to transfer the suit so both can be tried together before the same court, thus avoiding conflicting decisions and multiplicity of proceedings. The Supreme Court accordingly transferred the Seoni suit to the Madras High Court.

Parties
Petitioner: Indian Overseas Bank, Madras; Respondent No. 1: Chemical Construction Company; Respondent No. 2: Rajadhiraj Industries Pvt. Ltd.; Respondent No. 3: Industrial Development Bank of India Ltd.; Respondent No. 4: Madhya Pradesh Financial Corporation
Jurisdiction
India
Judgment Date
03 May 1979
Procedural Posture
Transfer Petition / Supreme Court Original Jurisdiction; Petition for Transfer Under Section 25 CPC
Outcome
Petition allowed
Legal Topics
Transfer of Suits, Jurisdiction of Supreme Court Under Section 25 CPC, Bills of Exchange, Guarantees, Banking Litigation
Civil Procedure Transfer of Suits Jurisdiction of Supreme Court Under Section 25 CPC Bills of Exchange Guarantees Banking Litigation

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Parties

Indian Overseas Bank, Madras

Petitioner

Chemical Construction Company

Respondent No. 1

Rajadhiraj Industries Pvt. Ltd.

Respondent No. 2

Industrial Development Bank of India Ltd.

Respondent No. 3

Madhya Pradesh Financial Corporation

Respondent No. 4

Procedural Posture

Transfer Petition / Supreme Court Original Jurisdiction; Petition for Transfer Under Section 25 CPC

Legal Issues

  1. 1 Whether it is expedient in the interests of justice to transfer the suit pending at District Court, Seoni, Madhya Pradesh to the Madras High Court under Section 25 CPC as amended in 1976.

Ratio Decidendi

In cases where two suits involving common questions of fact and law between the same parties are pending in different courts, and evidence is principally available at one location, it is expedient in the interests of justice under Section 25 CPC to transfer the suit so both can be tried together before the same court, thus avoiding conflicting decisions and multiplicity of proceedings. The Supreme Court accordingly transferred the Seoni suit to the Madras High Court.

Court Disposition

Petition allowed

Orders

  • Suit No. 18 of 1972 filed in the District Court, Seoni, Madhya Pradesh by the second respondent is transferred to the file of the High Court of judicature at Madras (Original Side).