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Sher Singh Vs. Jangir Kaur and ors. - Court Judgment

SooperKanoon Citation

Subject

Civil

Court

Punjab and Haryana High Court

Decided On

Case Number

Civil Revision No. 294 of 1990

Judge

Reported in

(1990)97PLR630

Acts

Code of Civil Procedure (CPC) , 1908 - Sections 151

Appellant

Sher Singh

Respondent

Jangir Kaur and ors.

Appellant Advocate

M.L. Merchea, Adv.

Respondent Advocate

Subash Pathela and; Nirmal Singh, Advs.

Disposition

Petition dismissed

Cases Referred

and Sunil Kumar Haider v. Nishikanta Bhandari

Excerpt:


- sections 80 (2) & 89 & punjab motor vehicles rules, 1989, rules 85 & 80: [t.s. thakur, cj, jasbir singh & surya kant, jj] appeal against orders of state or regional transport authority imitation held, a stipulation regarding the period of limitation available for invoking the remedy shall have to be strictly construed. that is because any provision by way of limitation is in the nature of a restraint on the remedy provided under the act. so viewed two inferences are clear viz., (1) sections 80 and 89 of the act read with rule 85 of the rules make it obligatory for the authorities making the order to communicate it to the applicant concerned and (2) the period of limitation for any appeal against the order is reckonable from the date of such communication of the reasons would imply communication of a copy of the written order itself, a party who knows about the making of an order cannot ignore the same and allow grass to grow under its feet and do nothing except waiting for a formal communication of the order or to choose a tenuous plea that even though he knew about the order, he was waiting for its formal communication to seek redress against the same in appeal. if a party..........laid down by the orissa high court the ratio laid down by the andhra pradesh high court and the calcutta high court is squarely applicable to the facts of this case. while following the ratio laid down by the andhra pradesh and the calcutta high courts, it can safely be held that whenever there is no provision made in the code of civil procedure for dealing with a particular situation, inherent jurisdiction of the court under the provisions of section 151 of the code can be availed of by a party for the redressal of its grievances. no provisions for implementation of the injunction order having been made by the provisions of the code, police help can well be sought under section 151 of the code. the power to make orders inheres in the court power to implement the same and to achieve this, police help can well be granted under the inherent provisions of section 151 of the code the language of section 151 of the code clothes the civil courts wide powers to order police help to a person who is unable to implement the same on account of his weakness. surely, the orders of the court once passed are not intended to remain unimplemented simply because a particular person is weak. if.....

Judgment:


Naresh Chander Jain, J.

1. This revision petition is directed against the order of the trial Court granting police help to the respondents in whose favour the order of injunction was passed.

2. The learned counsel for the petitioner has argued that it has been held in Subal Kumar Dey v. Puma Chandra Giri, A.I.R. 1989 Orissa 214, that police help could not be given in the cases in which injunction order has been passed. It has further been argued that the two judicial pronouncements relied upon by the trial court reported as Rayapati Audemma v. Pothineni Narasimham, A. I. R. 1971 Andhra Pradesh 53 and Sunil Kumar Haider v. Nishikanta Bhandari, A. I. R. 1983 Cal. 266, have also been discussed in Subal Kumar Dey's case (supra).

3. After hearing the learned counsel for the parties and after perusing the relevant case law cited at the Bar, this Court is of the view that there is no force in the revision petition. It has been held in Rayapati Audemma's case (supra) that the Court can grant police aid under its inherent power as there is no express provisions in the Code of Civil Procedure for this purpose. While interpreting the provisions of punishment in case of violation of injunction order, it has been ruled that the provisions relating to punishment only deal with punishment for disobedience and they do not deal with implementation of the injunction order of the Court. The direction of police help was upheld by the Division Bench in Rayapati Audemma's case (supra). In Sunil Kumar Haider's case (supra) it was specifically held that the Court can order police protection under the provisions of Section 151 of the Code of Civil Procedure (for short 'the Code') In Subal Kumar Dey's case (supra) the ratio laid down in the two judicial pronouncements, that is, one in Rayapati Audemma's case (supra) and the other in Sunil Kumar Haider's case (supra) has not been dissented or disapproved. The Court, on the other hand, was of the view that the grant of police help was a hasty action on the part of the Court In view thereof, it can be safely held by this Court that no ratio was laid down by the Orissa High Court The ratio laid down by the Andhra Pradesh High Court and the Calcutta High Court is squarely applicable to the facts of this case. While following the ratio laid down by the Andhra Pradesh and the Calcutta High Courts, it can safely be held that whenever there is no provision made in the Code of Civil Procedure for dealing with a particular situation, inherent jurisdiction of the Court under the provisions of Section 151 of the Code can be availed of by a party for the redressal of its grievances. No provisions for implementation of the injunction order having been made by the provisions of the Code, police help can well be sought under Section 151 of the Code. The power to make orders inheres in the court power to implement the same and to achieve this, police help can well be granted under the inherent provisions of Section 151 of the Code The language of Section 151 of the Code clothes the Civil Courts wide powers to order police help to a person who is unable to implement the same on account of his weakness. Surely, the orders of the Court once passed are not intended to remain unimplemented simply because a particular person is weak. If the provisions of Section 151 of the Code are to be interpreted differently it would mean that a weak person cannot have the Court's orders implemented and this what precisely would not be the spirit of the law. No judicial pronouncement of this Court has been cited by either of the counsel.

4. In the view which I have taken above, this revision petition is devoid of any force and the same is consequently ordered to be dismissed. No costs.


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