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Kidar Nath Datt and ors. Vs. Kishan Das Bairagi and ors.
Decided On : Jan-10-1957
Court : Punjab and Haryana
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Thus the contention that against an order passed by a Single Judge in an appeal filed under Section 104 C.P.C., a further appeal lies to a Division Bench cannot be accepted. The newly incorporated Section 100A in clear and specific terms prohibits further appeal against the decree and judgment or order of a Single Judge to a Division Bench notwithstanding anything contained in the Letters Patent. The Letters Patent which provides for further appeal to a Division Bench remains intact, but the right to prefer a further appeal is taken away even in respect of the matters arising under the special enactments or other instruments having the force of law be it against original/appellate decree or order heard and decided by a Single Judge. It has to be kept in mind that the special statute only provide for an Appeal to the High Court. It has not made any provision for filing appeal to a Division Bench against the judgment or decree or order of a Single Judge. No Letters Patent Appeal shall lie against a judgment/order passed by a Single Judge in an appeal arising out of a proceeding under a Special Act. Sections 100-A [As inserted by Act 22 of 2002] & 104:[Dr. B.S. Chauhan, CJ, L. Mohapatra & A.S. Naidu, JJ] Writ Appeal Held, A Writ Appeal shall lie against judgment/orders passed by Single Judge in a writ petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India. In a writ application filed under Articles 226 and 227 of Constitution, if any order/judgment/decree is passed in exercise of jurisdiction under Article 226, a writ appeal will lie. But, no writ appeal will lie against a judgment/order/decree passed by a Single Judge in exercising powers of superintendence under Article 227 of the Constitution. - Fellows, (1820) 1 Jac & W 254 (A), for it is essential that the authority and discretion of the Attorney-General in all these proceedings should be maintained perfectly unbroken, unfettered and unbiassed Attorney-General v. I am clearly of the opinion that the addition of Kishan Das is almost certain to alter the cause of action, to alter the nature of the suit and to enlarge the scope of the litigation.', 'caseanalysis' => null, 'casesref' => 'Harnam Bingh v. Sarup Singh;', 'citingcases' => '', 'counselplain' => ' H.L. Sarain, Adv.', 'counseldef' => ' P.C. Pandit, Adv.', 'court' => 'Punjab and Haryana', 'court_type' => 'HC', 'decidedon' => '1957-01-10', 'deposition' => 'Petition accepted', 'favorof' => null, 'findings' => null, 'judge' => ' Bhandari, C.J.', 'judgement' => 'ORDER<p style="text-align: justify;">Bhandari, C.J. </p><p style="text-align: justify;">1. This petition trader Section 115 of the Code of Civil Procedure raises the question whether a new defendant can be added in a suit under Section 92 of the Code of Civil Procedure without the previous sanction of the Advocate-General. </p><p style="text-align: justify;">2. On the 26th August 1955 Ch. Kidar Nath. Rai Bahadur Gopal Das & certain other persons brought a suit under Section 92 of the Code of Civil Procedure against Ramsaran Das & Ram Pra-kash in which they asked for the removal of Ramsaran Das from the office of Mahant of a Thakardwara. On the 21st November 1955 one Kishan Das presented an application under Rule 10 of Order 1 of the Code of Civil Procedure in which he prayed that he be impleaded as a defendant to the suit as Ramsaran Das had been removed and Kishan Das had been appointed a Mahant by the sewaks on the 23rd June 1853. The trial Court acceded to this request despite the protests of the plaintiffs and impleaded Kishan Das as defendant No. 3. The plaintiffs are dissatisfied with the order and have come to this Court in revision. </p><p style="text-align: justify;">3. It is a recognised principle of law that a person is not at liberty to secure the redress of a public wrong by means of a civil suit when he suffers injury in common with the public generally, even though his loss is greater than others, unless a statute expressly empowers him to do so. It is equally, clear that when the duty of enforcing the provisions of a particular statute is entrusted to a particular executive officer, the help of the Court can be invoked only by such executive officer and no other person and that (sic) is not open to a member of the public to intrude upon his functions. </p><p style="text-align: justify;">In England the Attorney-General who is the protector of charities is normally a necessary party to actions relating to public charities. He may either act alone as the officer of the Crown who is by law entrusted with such duties or he may act on the request of a private individual who thinks the charity is being or has been abused. He has entire control of the action and no amendment can be made without his consent (Shelfords Law of Mortmain 400; Attorney-General v. Fellows, (1820) 1 Jac & W 254 (A), for it is essential that the authority and discretion of the Attorney-General in all these proceedings should be maintained perfectly unbroken, unfettered and unbiassed Attorney-General v. Ironmongers' Co., (1840) 2 Beav 313 (B). </p><p style="text-align: justify;">4. The law in this country is not widely different. A member of the public in India has nopower in his capacity as such to maintain a suitto enforce or administer a charitable trust, forSection 92 of the Code of Civil Procedure provides thatno person shall be at liberty to bring an actionfor the alleged breach of a charitable or religioustrust or for remedying abuse or misapplication ofcharitable funds without the sanction of the Advocate-General. </p><p style="text-align: justify;">5. The law in regard to the addition of parties is embodied in Order 1. Rule 10 of the Code of Civil Procedure. It empowers the Court in its sound discretion either upon proper motion of a party to the action or upon its own motion to direct that other persons be made parties so that complete Justice may be done and the rights of all finally determined. An amendment cannot however, be allowed if the effect of adding a hew party would be to introduce a new cause of action. </p><p style="text-align: justify;">This is particularly so in cases under Section 62 of the Code of Civil Procedure. When the Legislature declared that no suit under this section should be brought without the sanction, of the Advocate-General, the intention obviously was that honest trustees should not be put to the trouble and expense of defending themselves in vexatious suite brought against them by irresponsible officers. </p><p style="text-align: justify;">6. Mr. Sarin, who appears for the plaintiffs, has invited my attention to a number of authorities which appear to lay down the proposition that a Court has no power to permit a new party to be added in a suit under Section 92 of the Code of Civil Procedure if the effect of the amendment is to enlarge the scope of the suit or to alter the nature of the suit. One of the principal authorities cited by him is Abdul Rehman v. Cassum Ebrahim, ILR 36 Bom 168 (C). </p><p style="text-align: justify;">In this case a learned Single Judge of the Bombay High Court reviewed all the English and Indian authorities bearing upon the point and came to the conclusion- that plaintiffs are not entitled to maintain a suit against an added defendant if no sanction of the Advocate-General is obtained previous to his being made the defendant and previous to the amendment of the plaint. This authority appears to hold that no party or parties can in any circumstances be added without the previous sanction of the Advocate-General if other reliefs are claimed against such added parties. </p><p style="text-align: justify;">Other Courts have taken a slightly different view, for they have held that every addition of a pew party does not necessarily invalidate the sanction already given. They have accordingly propounded the test that if the scope of the suit is substantially altered or enlarged by the addition of a new defendant previous sanction of the Advocate-General is necessary, but that if the scope remains unaltered and unchanged no such sanction need be taken, Gopala Krishnier v. Gana-pathy Aiyar, 58 Ind Cas 124: (Am 1920 Mad 238) (D), Varaprasada Rao v. Gopalacharlu, AIR 1926 Mad 970 (E) and Bapu Gouda v. Vinayak Sada-shiv, AIR 1941 Born 317 (F). The scope of the suit is enlarged when there is a totally diferent cause of action against the new defendant, Keshav-lal v. Commr. of Income Tax, AIR 1944 Bom 164 (G) or when he is stated to be the real trustee, Bagga Singh v. Tirath Ram, AIR 1928 Lah 717 (2) (H). I find myself in respectful agreement with the test which has been evolved in these authorities. </p><p style="text-align: justify;">7. Mr. Pandit, who appears for the new defendant, contends that his client claims to be a Mahant of this institution, that he is vitally interested in the subject-matter of the litigation, that it is impossible to have a complete determination of the controversy without his presence and consequently that the trial Court was justified in impleading him as a defendant. He has relied upon two sets of authorities in support of his contention. The first set of authorities consists of Golam Rabbani v. Abdul Khahir, ILR 62 Cal 1132 (I) and an unreported decision of this Court in Harnam Bingh v. Sarup Singh, S. A. No. 31 of 1954 (J). </p><p style="text-align: justify;">In the earlier case a Division Bench of the Calcutta High Court expressed the view that in a suit or appeal instituted by a certain set of plaintiffs or appellants with the consent of the Advocate-General or the Collector under Sections 62 and 93 of the Code of Civil Procedure the consent of the Advocate-General or the Collector to each fresh addition of a party Is not necessary as a suit under these sections is not prosecuted by individuals for their own interests but as the representatives of the general public interested in the endowment. </p><p style="text-align: justify;">A similar view was taken in the unreported case referred to above. The addition of a new plaintiff in a suit under Section 92 or 93 of the Code of Civil Procedure stands on a completely different footing from the addition of a defendant to the said suit. Actions under Section 92 are brought in a representative capacity, for when there is such a large number of persons as to make it impossible, or at least extremely impracticable, to bring them all before the Court as parties, it is only reasonable that a part of tho'se interested should be allowed to sue for the benefit of many. If one or two plaintiffs who are acting in a represent tative capacity drop out; it is obviously open to certain other persons to step into their shoes and to figure as plaintiffs. </p><p style="text-align: justify;">By doing so they do not alter the cause or action, for their claim against the defendants proceeds on the same basis as the claim of the persons whom they have replaced. These two authorities cannot, in my opinion, support the contention put forward on behalf of the new defendant. </p><p style="text-align: justify;">8. The second set of authorities on which Mr. Pandit places his reliance are two decisions of the Madras High Court reported as 58 Ind Cas 124: (AIR 1920 Mad 238) CD) and AIR 1926 Mad 970 (E). In these cases the Madras High Court held that where in a suit instituted with the sanction of the Advocate-General under Section 92 of the Code of Civil Procedure it is necessary to add a defendant the test for determining whether such addition requires a fresh sanction from the Advocate-General before the suit can be proceeded with against him is whether the scope of the suit has been really enlarged by the addition of the new party. </p><p style="text-align: justify;">9. The strictly legal consequences which flow from a consideration of the several authorities which have been cited by the parties have been admirably summarised in AIR Commentaries on the Code of Civil Procedure. The learned author observes at page 921 that where in a suit instituted with the required sanction the Court adds a new defendant under Order 1, Rule 10, in order to effectually and completely adjudicate upon all the questions involved in the suit, but such addition does not alter the nature of the suit, no new sanction need be obtained nor need it be obtained for transposing a defendant to the array of plaintiffs. </p><p style="text-align: justify;">Where such addition or other amendment does alter the nature of the suit, a fresh sanction is necessary. Thus, an amendment relating to a fresh cause of action involving a fresh addition of parties and fresh reliefs against them requires the sanction of the Advocate-General. </p><p style="text-align: justify;">10. The question how arises whether the addition of Kishan.Das as a defendant has or has not the effect of enlarging the scope of the suit or of altering the nature of the suit. Mr. Sarin contends, and in my opinion with a considerable amount of Justification, that the addition of this new defendant is likely to alter not only the cause of action but also to enlarge the scope of the suit. In his application under Order 1, Rule 10 of the Code of Civil Procedure Kishan Das stated that Ramsaran Das had been removed from the Ma-hantship of the Thakardwara and that he. namely Kishan Das applicant, had on the 23rd June 1953 been appointed a Mahant by the worshippers of the Thakardwara. </p><p style="text-align: justify;">The plaintiffs do not admit the correctness of these allegations. In order to decide the matters in controversy between the parties it would be necessary to frame a number of issues with the object of determining (1) whether Ramsaran Das was in fact removed from the Mahantship by the worshippers of the Thakardwara; (2) whether Kishan Das was appointed a Mahant by the sewate on or about the 23rd June 1953; (3) whether Kishan pas could be elected a Mahant in accordance with the rules of custom by which the parties are regulated; and (4) whether he is entitled to a declaration of status in a suit under Section 92 without paying the appropriate fees in respect of such relief. </p><p style="text-align: justify;">I am clearly of the opinion that the addition of Kishan Das is almost certain to alter the cause of action, to alter the nature of the suit and to enlarge the scope of the litigation. </p><p style="text-align: justify;">11. 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The legislative intention is thus very clear that the law enacted shall have full operation and there would be no impediment. It is well settled that the definition of judgment in Section 2(9) of C.P.C., is much wider and more liberal, Intermediary or interlocutory judgment fall in the category of orders referred to Clause (a) to (w) of Order 43, Rule 1 and also such other orders which poses the characteristic and trapping of finality and may adversely affect a valuable right of a party or decide an important aspect of a trial in an ancillary proceeding. Amended Section 100-A of the Code clearly stipulates that where any appeal from an original or appellate decree or order is heard and decided by a Single Judge of a High Court, no further appeal shall lie. Even otherwise, the word judgment as defined under Section 2(9) means a statement given by a Judge on the grounds of a decree or order. Thus the contention that against an order passed by a Single Judge in an appeal filed under Section 104 C.P.C., a further appeal lies to a Division Bench cannot be accepted. The newly incorporated Section 100A in clear and specific terms prohibits further appeal against the decree and judgment or order of a Single Judge to a Division Bench notwithstanding anything contained in the Letters Patent. The Letters Patent which provides for further appeal to a Division Bench remains intact, but the right to prefer a further appeal is taken away even in respect of the matters arising under the special enactments or other instruments having the force of law be it against original/appellate decree or order heard and decided by a Single Judge. It has to be kept in mind that the special statute only provide for an Appeal to the High Court. It has not made any provision for filing appeal to a Division Bench against the judgment or decree or order of a Single Judge. No Letters Patent Appeal shall lie against a judgment/order passed by a Single Judge in an appeal arising out of a proceeding under a Special Act. Sections 100-A [As inserted by Act 22 of 2002] & 104:[Dr. B.S. Chauhan, CJ, L. Mohapatra & A.S. Naidu, JJ] Writ Appeal Held, A Writ Appeal shall lie against judgment/orders passed by Single Judge in a writ petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India. In a writ application filed under Articles 226 and 227 of Constitution, if any order/judgment/decree is passed in exercise of jurisdiction under Article 226, a writ appeal will lie. But, no writ appeal will lie against a judgment/order/decree passed by a Single Judge in exercising powers of superintendence under Article 227 of the Constitution. - Fellows, (1820) 1 Jac & W 254 (A), for it is essential that the authority and discretion of the Attorney-General in all these proceedings should be maintained perfectly unbroken, unfettered and unbiassed Attorney-General v. I am clearly of the opinion that the addition of Kishan Das is almost certain to alter the cause of action, to alter the nature of the suit and to enlarge the scope of the litigation.', 'caseanalysis' => null, 'casesref' => 'Harnam Bingh v. Sarup Singh;', 'citingcases' => '', 'counselplain' => ' H.L. Sarain, Adv.', 'counseldef' => ' P.C. Pandit, Adv.', 'court' => 'Punjab and Haryana', 'court_type' => 'HC', 'decidedon' => '1957-01-10', 'deposition' => 'Petition accepted', 'favorof' => null, 'findings' => null, 'judge' => ' Bhandari, C.J.', 'judgement' => 'ORDER<p style="text-align: justify;">Bhandari, C.J. </p><p style="text-align: justify;">1. This petition trader Section 115 of the Code of Civil Procedure raises the question whether a new defendant can be added in a suit under Section 92 of the Code of Civil Procedure without the previous sanction of the Advocate-General. </p><p style="text-align: justify;">2. On the 26th August 1955 Ch. Kidar Nath. Rai Bahadur Gopal Das & certain other persons brought a suit under Section 92 of the Code of Civil Procedure against Ramsaran Das & Ram Pra-kash in which they asked for the removal of Ramsaran Das from the office of Mahant of a Thakardwara. On the 21st November 1955 one Kishan Das presented an application under Rule 10 of Order 1 of the Code of Civil Procedure in which he prayed that he be impleaded as a defendant to the suit as Ramsaran Das had been removed and Kishan Das had been appointed a Mahant by the sewaks on the 23rd June 1853. The trial Court acceded to this request despite the protests of the plaintiffs and impleaded Kishan Das as defendant No. 3. The plaintiffs are dissatisfied with the order and have come to this Court in revision. </p><p style="text-align: justify;">3. It is a recognised principle of law that a person is not at liberty to secure the redress of a public wrong by means of a civil suit when he suffers injury in common with the public generally, even though his loss is greater than others, unless a statute expressly empowers him to do so. It is equally, clear that when the duty of enforcing the provisions of a particular statute is entrusted to a particular executive officer, the help of the Court can be invoked only by such executive officer and no other person and that (sic) is not open to a member of the public to intrude upon his functions. </p><p style="text-align: justify;">In England the Attorney-General who is the protector of charities is normally a necessary party to actions relating to public charities. He may either act alone as the officer of the Crown who is by law entrusted with such duties or he may act on the request of a private individual who thinks the charity is being or has been abused. He has entire control of the action and no amendment can be made without his consent (Shelfords Law of Mortmain 400; Attorney-General v. Fellows, (1820) 1 Jac & W 254 (A), for it is essential that the authority and discretion of the Attorney-General in all these proceedings should be maintained perfectly unbroken, unfettered and unbiassed Attorney-General v. Ironmongers' Co., (1840) 2 Beav 313 (B). </p><p style="text-align: justify;">4. The law in this country is not widely different. A member of the public in India has nopower in his capacity as such to maintain a suitto enforce or administer a charitable trust, forSection 92 of the Code of Civil Procedure provides thatno person shall be at liberty to bring an actionfor the alleged breach of a charitable or religioustrust or for remedying abuse or misapplication ofcharitable funds without the sanction of the Advocate-General. </p><p style="text-align: justify;">5. The law in regard to the addition of parties is embodied in Order 1. Rule 10 of the Code of Civil Procedure. It empowers the Court in its sound discretion either upon proper motion of a party to the action or upon its own motion to direct that other persons be made parties so that complete Justice may be done and the rights of all finally determined. An amendment cannot however, be allowed if the effect of adding a hew party would be to introduce a new cause of action. </p><p style="text-align: justify;">This is particularly so in cases under Section 62 of the Code of Civil Procedure. When the Legislature declared that no suit under this section should be brought without the sanction, of the Advocate-General, the intention obviously was that honest trustees should not be put to the trouble and expense of defending themselves in vexatious suite brought against them by irresponsible officers. </p><p style="text-align: justify;">6. Mr. Sarin, who appears for the plaintiffs, has invited my attention to a number of authorities which appear to lay down the proposition that a Court has no power to permit a new party to be added in a suit under Section 92 of the Code of Civil Procedure if the effect of the amendment is to enlarge the scope of the suit or to alter the nature of the suit. One of the principal authorities cited by him is Abdul Rehman v. Cassum Ebrahim, ILR 36 Bom 168 (C). </p><p style="text-align: justify;">In this case a learned Single Judge of the Bombay High Court reviewed all the English and Indian authorities bearing upon the point and came to the conclusion- that plaintiffs are not entitled to maintain a suit against an added defendant if no sanction of the Advocate-General is obtained previous to his being made the defendant and previous to the amendment of the plaint. This authority appears to hold that no party or parties can in any circumstances be added without the previous sanction of the Advocate-General if other reliefs are claimed against such added parties. </p><p style="text-align: justify;">Other Courts have taken a slightly different view, for they have held that every addition of a pew party does not necessarily invalidate the sanction already given. They have accordingly propounded the test that if the scope of the suit is substantially altered or enlarged by the addition of a new defendant previous sanction of the Advocate-General is necessary, but that if the scope remains unaltered and unchanged no such sanction need be taken, Gopala Krishnier v. Gana-pathy Aiyar, 58 Ind Cas 124: (Am 1920 Mad 238) (D), Varaprasada Rao v. Gopalacharlu, AIR 1926 Mad 970 (E) and Bapu Gouda v. Vinayak Sada-shiv, AIR 1941 Born 317 (F). The scope of the suit is enlarged when there is a totally diferent cause of action against the new defendant, Keshav-lal v. Commr. of Income Tax, AIR 1944 Bom 164 (G) or when he is stated to be the real trustee, Bagga Singh v. Tirath Ram, AIR 1928 Lah 717 (2) (H). I find myself in respectful agreement with the test which has been evolved in these authorities. </p><p style="text-align: justify;">7. Mr. Pandit, who appears for the new defendant, contends that his client claims to be a Mahant of this institution, that he is vitally interested in the subject-matter of the litigation, that it is impossible to have a complete determination of the controversy without his presence and consequently that the trial Court was justified in impleading him as a defendant. He has relied upon two sets of authorities in support of his contention. The first set of authorities consists of Golam Rabbani v. Abdul Khahir, ILR 62 Cal 1132 (I) and an unreported decision of this Court in Harnam Bingh v. Sarup Singh, S. A. No. 31 of 1954 (J). </p><p style="text-align: justify;">In the earlier case a Division Bench of the Calcutta High Court expressed the view that in a suit or appeal instituted by a certain set of plaintiffs or appellants with the consent of the Advocate-General or the Collector under Sections 62 and 93 of the Code of Civil Procedure the consent of the Advocate-General or the Collector to each fresh addition of a party Is not necessary as a suit under these sections is not prosecuted by individuals for their own interests but as the representatives of the general public interested in the endowment. </p><p style="text-align: justify;">A similar view was taken in the unreported case referred to above. The addition of a new plaintiff in a suit under Section 92 or 93 of the Code of Civil Procedure stands on a completely different footing from the addition of a defendant to the said suit. Actions under Section 92 are brought in a representative capacity, for when there is such a large number of persons as to make it impossible, or at least extremely impracticable, to bring them all before the Court as parties, it is only reasonable that a part of tho'se interested should be allowed to sue for the benefit of many. If one or two plaintiffs who are acting in a represent tative capacity drop out; it is obviously open to certain other persons to step into their shoes and to figure as plaintiffs. </p><p style="text-align: justify;">By doing so they do not alter the cause or action, for their claim against the defendants proceeds on the same basis as the claim of the persons whom they have replaced. These two authorities cannot, in my opinion, support the contention put forward on behalf of the new defendant. </p><p style="text-align: justify;">8. The second set of authorities on which Mr. Pandit places his reliance are two decisions of the Madras High Court reported as 58 Ind Cas 124: (AIR 1920 Mad 238) CD) and AIR 1926 Mad 970 (E). In these cases the Madras High Court held that where in a suit instituted with the sanction of the Advocate-General under Section 92 of the Code of Civil Procedure it is necessary to add a defendant the test for determining whether such addition requires a fresh sanction from the Advocate-General before the suit can be proceeded with against him is whether the scope of the suit has been really enlarged by the addition of the new party. </p><p style="text-align: justify;">9. The strictly legal consequences which flow from a consideration of the several authorities which have been cited by the parties have been admirably summarised in AIR Commentaries on the Code of Civil Procedure. The learned author observes at page 921 that where in a suit instituted with the required sanction the Court adds a new defendant under Order 1, Rule 10, in order to effectually and completely adjudicate upon all the questions involved in the suit, but such addition does not alter the nature of the suit, no new sanction need be obtained nor need it be obtained for transposing a defendant to the array of plaintiffs. </p><p style="text-align: justify;">Where such addition or other amendment does alter the nature of the suit, a fresh sanction is necessary. Thus, an amendment relating to a fresh cause of action involving a fresh addition of parties and fresh reliefs against them requires the sanction of the Advocate-General. </p><p style="text-align: justify;">10. The question how arises whether the addition of Kishan.Das as a defendant has or has not the effect of enlarging the scope of the suit or of altering the nature of the suit. Mr. Sarin contends, and in my opinion with a considerable amount of Justification, that the addition of this new defendant is likely to alter not only the cause of action but also to enlarge the scope of the suit. In his application under Order 1, Rule 10 of the Code of Civil Procedure Kishan Das stated that Ramsaran Das had been removed from the Ma-hantship of the Thakardwara and that he. namely Kishan Das applicant, had on the 23rd June 1953 been appointed a Mahant by the worshippers of the Thakardwara. </p><p style="text-align: justify;">The plaintiffs do not admit the correctness of these allegations. In order to decide the matters in controversy between the parties it would be necessary to frame a number of issues with the object of determining (1) whether Ramsaran Das was in fact removed from the Mahantship by the worshippers of the Thakardwara; (2) whether Kishan Das was appointed a Mahant by the sewate on or about the 23rd June 1953; (3) whether Kishan pas could be elected a Mahant in accordance with the rules of custom by which the parties are regulated; and (4) whether he is entitled to a declaration of status in a suit under Section 92 without paying the appropriate fees in respect of such relief. </p><p style="text-align: justify;">I am clearly of the opinion that the addition of Kishan Das is almost certain to alter the cause of action, to alter the nature of the suit and to enlarge the scope of the litigation. </p><p style="text-align: justify;">11. For these reasons I would accept the petition, set aside the order of the trial Court anddirect that the name of Kishan Das be removed from the list of defendants. The plaintiffs will be entitled to the costs of this Court. </p><p style="text-align: justify;">12. 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No. 215 of 1956', 'appellant' => 'Kidar Nath Datt and ors.', 'authreffered' => '', 'casename' => 'Kidar Nath Datt and ors. Vs. Kishan Das Bairagi and ors.', 'casenote' => ' - Sections 100-A [As inserted by Act 22 of 2002], 110 & 104 & Letters Patent, 1865, Clause 10: [Dr. B.S. Chauhan, CJ, L. Mohapatra & A.S. Naidu, JJ] Letters Patent Appeal Order of Single Judge of High Court passed while deciding matters filed under Order 43, Rule1 of C.P.C., - Held, After introduction of Section 110A in the C.P.C., by 2002 Amendment Act, no Letters Patent Appeal is maintainable against judgment/order/decree passed by a Single Judge of a High Court. A right of appeal, even though a vested one, can be taken away by law. It is pertinent to note that Section 100-A introduced by 2002 Amendment of the Code starts with a non obstante clause. The purpose of such clause is to give the enacting part of an overriding effect in the case of a conflict with laws mentioned with the non obstante clause. The legislative intention is thus very clear that the law enacted shall have full operation and there would be no impediment. It is well settled that the definition of judgment in Section 2(9) of C.P.C., is much wider and more liberal, Intermediary or interlocutory judgment fall in the category of orders referred to Clause (a) to (w) of Order 43, Rule 1 and also such other orders which poses the characteristic and trapping of finality and may adversely affect a valuable right of a party or decide an important aspect of a trial in an ancillary proceeding. Amended Section 100-A of the Code clearly stipulates that where any appeal from an original or appellate decree or order is heard and decided by a Single Judge of a High Court, no further appeal shall lie. Even otherwise, the word judgment as defined under Section 2(9) means a statement given by a Judge on the grounds of a decree or order. Thus the contention that against an order passed by a Single Judge in an appeal filed under Section 104 C.P.C., a further appeal lies to a Division Bench cannot be accepted. The newly incorporated Section 100A in clear and specific terms prohibits further appeal against the decree and judgment or order of a Single Judge to a Division Bench notwithstanding anything contained in the Letters Patent. The Letters Patent which provides for further appeal to a Division Bench remains intact, but the right to prefer a further appeal is taken away even in respect of the matters arising under the special enactments or other instruments having the force of law be it against original/appellate decree or order heard and decided by a Single Judge. It has to be kept in mind that the special statute only provide for an Appeal to the High Court. It has not made any provision for filing appeal to a Division Bench against the judgment or decree or order of a Single Judge. No Letters Patent Appeal shall lie against a judgment/order passed by a Single Judge in an appeal arising out of a proceeding under a Special Act. Sections 100-A [As inserted by Act 22 of 2002] & 104:[Dr. B.S. Chauhan, CJ, L. Mohapatra & A.S. Naidu, JJ] Writ Appeal Held, A Writ Appeal shall lie against judgment/orders passed by Single Judge in a writ petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India. In a writ application filed under Articles 226 and 227 of Constitution, if any order/judgment/decree is passed in exercise of jurisdiction under Article 226, a writ appeal will lie. But, no writ appeal will lie against a judgment/order/decree passed by a Single Judge in exercising powers of superintendence under Article 227 of the Constitution. - Fellows, (1820) 1 Jac & W 254 (A), for it is essential that the authority and discretion of the Attorney-General in all these proceedings should be maintained perfectly unbroken, unfettered and unbiassed Attorney-General v. I am clearly of the opinion that the addition of Kishan Das is almost certain to alter the cause of action, to alter the nature of the suit and to enlarge the scope of the litigation.', 'caseanalysis' => null, 'casesref' => 'Harnam Bingh v. Sarup Singh;', 'citingcases' => '', 'counselplain' => ' H.L. Sarain, Adv.', 'counseldef' => ' P.C. Pandit, Adv.', 'court' => 'Punjab and Haryana', 'court_type' => 'HC', 'decidedon' => '1957-01-10', 'deposition' => 'Petition accepted', 'favorof' => null, 'findings' => null, 'judge' => ' Bhandari, C.J.', 'judgement' => 'ORDER<p style="text-align: justify;">Bhandari, C.J. </p><p style="text-align: justify;">1. This petition trader Section 115 of the Code of Civil Procedure raises the question whether a new defendant can be added in a suit under Section 92 of the Code of Civil Procedure without the previous sanction of the Advocate-General. </p><p style="text-align: justify;">2. On the 26th August 1955 Ch. Kidar Nath. Rai Bahadur Gopal Das & certain other persons brought a suit under Section 92 of the Code of Civil Procedure against Ramsaran Das & Ram Pra-kash in which they asked for the removal of Ramsaran Das from the office of Mahant of a Thakardwara. On the 21st November 1955 one Kishan Das presented an application under Rule 10 of Order 1 of the Code of Civil Procedure in which he prayed that he be impleaded as a defendant to the suit as Ramsaran Das had been removed and Kishan Das had been appointed a Mahant by the sewaks on the 23rd June 1853. The trial Court acceded to this request despite the protests of the plaintiffs and impleaded Kishan Das as defendant No. 3. The plaintiffs are dissatisfied with the order and have come to this Court in revision. </p><p style="text-align: justify;">3. It is a recognised principle of law that a person is not at liberty to secure the redress of a public wrong by means of a civil suit when he suffers injury in common with the public generally, even though his loss is greater than others, unless a statute expressly empowers him to do so. It is equally, clear that when the duty of enforcing the provisions of a particular statute is entrusted to a particular executive officer, the help of the Court can be invoked only by such executive officer and no other person and that (sic) is not open to a member of the public to intrude upon his functions. </p><p style="text-align: justify;">In England the Attorney-General who is the protector of charities is normally a necessary party to actions relating to public charities. He may either act alone as the officer of the Crown who is by law entrusted with such duties or he may act on the request of a private individual who thinks the charity is being or has been abused. He has entire control of the action and no amendment can be made without his consent (Shelfords Law of Mortmain 400; Attorney-General v. Fellows, (1820) 1 Jac & W 254 (A), for it is essential that the authority and discretion of the Attorney-General in all these proceedings should be maintained perfectly unbroken, unfettered and unbiassed Attorney-General v. Ironmongers' Co., (1840) 2 Beav 313 (B). </p><p style="text-align: justify;">4. The law in this country is not widely different. A member of the public in India has nopower in his capacity as such to maintain a suitto enforce or administer a charitable trust, forSection 92 of the Code of Civil Procedure provides thatno person shall be at liberty to bring an actionfor the alleged breach of a charitable or religioustrust or for remedying abuse or misapplication ofcharitable funds without the sanction of the Advocate-General. </p><p style="text-align: justify;">5. The law in regard to the addition of parties is embodied in Order 1. Rule 10 of the Code of Civil Procedure. It empowers the Court in its sound discretion either upon proper motion of a party to the action or upon its own motion to direct that other persons be made parties so that complete Justice may be done and the rights of all finally determined. An amendment cannot however, be allowed if the effect of adding a hew party would be to introduce a new cause of action. </p><p style="text-align: justify;">This is particularly so in cases under Section 62 of the Code of Civil Procedure. When the Legislature declared that no suit under this section should be brought without the sanction, of the Advocate-General, the intention obviously was that honest trustees should not be put to the trouble and expense of defending themselves in vexatious suite brought against them by irresponsible officers. </p><p style="text-align: justify;">6. Mr. Sarin, who appears for the plaintiffs, has invited my attention to a number of authorities which appear to lay down the proposition that a Court has no power to permit a new party to be added in a suit under Section 92 of the Code of Civil Procedure if the effect of the amendment is to enlarge the scope of the suit or to alter the nature of the suit. One of the principal authorities cited by him is Abdul Rehman v. Cassum Ebrahim, ILR 36 Bom 168 (C). </p><p style="text-align: justify;">In this case a learned Single Judge of the Bombay High Court reviewed all the English and Indian authorities bearing upon the point and came to the conclusion- that plaintiffs are not entitled to maintain a suit against an added defendant if no sanction of the Advocate-General is obtained previous to his being made the defendant and previous to the amendment of the plaint. This authority appears to hold that no party or parties can in any circumstances be added without the previous sanction of the Advocate-General if other reliefs are claimed against such added parties. </p><p style="text-align: justify;">Other Courts have taken a slightly different view, for they have held that every addition of a pew party does not necessarily invalidate the sanction already given. They have accordingly propounded the test that if the scope of the suit is substantially altered or enlarged by the addition of a new defendant previous sanction of the Advocate-General is necessary, but that if the scope remains unaltered and unchanged no such sanction need be taken, Gopala Krishnier v. Gana-pathy Aiyar, 58 Ind Cas 124: (Am 1920 Mad 238) (D), Varaprasada Rao v. Gopalacharlu, AIR 1926 Mad 970 (E) and Bapu Gouda v. Vinayak Sada-shiv, AIR 1941 Born 317 (F). The scope of the suit is enlarged when there is a totally diferent cause of action against the new defendant, Keshav-lal v. Commr. of Income Tax, AIR 1944 Bom 164 (G) or when he is stated to be the real trustee, Bagga Singh v. Tirath Ram, AIR 1928 Lah 717 (2) (H). I find myself in respectful agreement with the test which has been evolved in these authorities. </p><p style="text-align: justify;">7. Mr. Pandit, who appears for the new defendant, contends that his client claims to be a Mahant of this institution, that he is vitally interested in the subject-matter of the litigation, that it is impossible to have a complete determination of the controversy without his presence and consequently that the trial Court was justified in impleading him as a defendant. He has relied upon two sets of authorities in support of his contention. The first set of authorities consists of Golam Rabbani v. Abdul Khahir, ILR 62 Cal 1132 (I) and an unreported decision of this Court in Harnam Bingh v. Sarup Singh, S. A. No. 31 of 1954 (J). </p><p style="text-align: justify;">In the earlier case a Division Bench of the Calcutta High Court expressed the view that in a suit or appeal instituted by a certain set of plaintiffs or appellants with the consent of the Advocate-General or the Collector under Sections 62 and 93 of the Code of Civil Procedure the consent of the Advocate-General or the Collector to each fresh addition of a party Is not necessary as a suit under these sections is not prosecuted by individuals for their own interests but as the representatives of the general public interested in the endowment. </p><p style="text-align: justify;">A similar view was taken in the unreported case referred to above. The addition of a new plaintiff in a suit under Section 92 or 93 of the Code of Civil Procedure stands on a completely different footing from the addition of a defendant to the said suit. Actions under Section 92 are brought in a representative capacity, for when there is such a large number of persons as to make it impossible, or at least extremely impracticable, to bring them all before the Court as parties, it is only reasonable that a part of tho'se interested should be allowed to sue for the benefit of many. If one or two plaintiffs who are acting in a represent tative capacity drop out; it is obviously open to certain other persons to step into their shoes and to figure as plaintiffs. </p><p style="text-align: justify;">By doing so they do not alter the cause or action, for their claim against the defendants proceeds on the same basis as the claim of the persons whom they have replaced. These two authorities cannot, in my opinion, support the contention put forward on behalf of the new defendant. </p><p style="text-align: justify;">8. The second set of authorities on which Mr. Pandit places his reliance are two decisions of the Madras High Court reported as 58 Ind Cas 124: (AIR 1920 Mad 238) CD) and AIR 1926 Mad 970 (E). In these cases the Madras High Court held that where in a suit instituted with the sanction of the Advocate-General under Section 92 of the Code of Civil Procedure it is necessary to add a defendant the test for determining whether such addition requires a fresh sanction from the Advocate-General before the suit can be proceeded with against him is whether the scope of the suit has been really enlarged by the addition of the new party. </p><p style="text-align: justify;">9. The strictly legal consequences which flow from a consideration of the several authorities which have been cited by the parties have been admirably summarised in AIR Commentaries on the Code of Civil Procedure. The learned author observes at page 921 that where in a suit instituted with the required sanction the Court adds a new defendant under Order 1, Rule 10, in order to effectually and completely adjudicate upon all the questions involved in the suit, but such addition does not alter the nature of the suit, no new sanction need be obtained nor need it be obtained for transposing a defendant to the array of plaintiffs. </p><p style="text-align: justify;">Where such addition or other amendment does alter the nature of the suit, a fresh sanction is necessary. Thus, an amendment relating to a fresh cause of action involving a fresh addition of parties and fresh reliefs against them requires the sanction of the Advocate-General. </p><p style="text-align: justify;">10. The question how arises whether the addition of Kishan.Das as a defendant has or has not the effect of enlarging the scope of the suit or of altering the nature of the suit. Mr. Sarin contends, and in my opinion with a considerable amount of Justification, that the addition of this new defendant is likely to alter not only the cause of action but also to enlarge the scope of the suit. In his application under Order 1, Rule 10 of the Code of Civil Procedure Kishan Das stated that Ramsaran Das had been removed from the Ma-hantship of the Thakardwara and that he. namely Kishan Das applicant, had on the 23rd June 1953 been appointed a Mahant by the worshippers of the Thakardwara. </p><p style="text-align: justify;">The plaintiffs do not admit the correctness of these allegations. In order to decide the matters in controversy between the parties it would be necessary to frame a number of issues with the object of determining (1) whether Ramsaran Das was in fact removed from the Mahantship by the worshippers of the Thakardwara; (2) whether Kishan Das was appointed a Mahant by the sewate on or about the 23rd June 1953; (3) whether Kishan pas could be elected a Mahant in accordance with the rules of custom by which the parties are regulated; and (4) whether he is entitled to a declaration of status in a suit under Section 92 without paying the appropriate fees in respect of such relief. </p><p style="text-align: justify;">I am clearly of the opinion that the addition of Kishan Das is almost certain to alter the cause of action, to alter the nature of the suit and to enlarge the scope of the litigation. </p><p style="text-align: justify;">11. For these reasons I would accept the petition, set aside the order of the trial Court anddirect that the name of Kishan Das be removed from the list of defendants. The plaintiffs will be entitled to the costs of this Court. </p><p style="text-align: justify;">12. The parties Have been directed to appear before the trial Court on the 29th January,1957. <p style="text-align: justify;"></p><p style="text-align: justify;">', 'observations' => null, 'overruledby' => null, 'prhistory' => '', 'pubs' => 'AIR1957P& H106', 'ratiodecidendi' => '', 'respondent' => 'Kishan Das Bairagi and ors.', 'sub' => 'Civil', 'link' => null, 'circuit' => null ) ), 'args' => array( (int) 0 => '612390' ) ) $title_for_layout = 'Kidar Nath Datt and ors. Vs. Kishan Das Bairagi and ors. 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No. 215 of 1956', 'appellant' => 'Kidar Nath Datt and ors.', 'authreffered' => '', 'casename' => 'Kidar Nath Datt and ors. Vs. Kishan Das Bairagi and ors.', 'casenote' => ' - Sections 100-A [As inserted by Act 22 of 2002], 110 & 104 & Letters Patent, 1865, Clause 10: [Dr. B.S. Chauhan, CJ, L. Mohapatra & A.S. Naidu, JJ] Letters Patent Appeal Order of Single Judge of High Court passed while deciding matters filed under Order 43, Rule1 of C.P.C., - Held, After introduction of Section 110A in the C.P.C., by 2002 Amendment Act, no Letters Patent Appeal is maintainable against judgment/order/decree passed by a Single Judge of a High Court. A right of appeal, even though a vested one, can be taken away by law. It is pertinent to note that Section 100-A introduced by 2002 Amendment of the Code starts with a non obstante clause. The purpose of such clause is to give the enacting part of an overriding effect in the case of a conflict with laws mentioned with the non obstante clause. The legislative intention is thus very clear that the law enacted shall have full operation and there would be no impediment. It is well settled that the definition of judgment in Section 2(9) of C.P.C., is much wider and more liberal, Intermediary or interlocutory judgment fall in the category of orders referred to Clause (a) to (w) of Order 43, Rule 1 and also such other orders which poses the characteristic and trapping of finality and may adversely affect a valuable right of a party or decide an important aspect of a trial in an ancillary proceeding. Amended Section 100-A of the Code clearly stipulates that where any appeal from an original or appellate decree or order is heard and decided by a Single Judge of a High Court, no further appeal shall lie. Even otherwise, the word judgment as defined under Section 2(9) means a statement given by a Judge on the grounds of a decree or order. Thus the contention that against an order passed by a Single Judge in an appeal filed under Section 104 C.P.C., a further appeal lies to a Division Bench cannot be accepted. The newly incorporated Section 100A in clear and specific terms prohibits further appeal against the decree and judgment or order of a Single Judge to a Division Bench notwithstanding anything contained in the Letters Patent. The Letters Patent which provides for further appeal to a Division Bench remains intact, but the right to prefer a further appeal is taken away even in respect of the matters arising under the special enactments or other instruments having the force of law be it against original/appellate decree or order heard and decided by a Single Judge. It has to be kept in mind that the special statute only provide for an Appeal to the High Court. It has not made any provision for filing appeal to a Division Bench against the judgment or decree or order of a Single Judge. No Letters Patent Appeal shall lie against a judgment/order passed by a Single Judge in an appeal arising out of a proceeding under a Special Act. Sections 100-A [As inserted by Act 22 of 2002] & 104:[Dr. B.S. Chauhan, CJ, L. Mohapatra & A.S. Naidu, JJ] Writ Appeal Held, A Writ Appeal shall lie against judgment/orders passed by Single Judge in a writ petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India. In a writ application filed under Articles 226 and 227 of Constitution, if any order/judgment/decree is passed in exercise of jurisdiction under Article 226, a writ appeal will lie. But, no writ appeal will lie against a judgment/order/decree passed by a Single Judge in exercising powers of superintendence under Article 227 of the Constitution. - Fellows, (1820) 1 Jac & W 254 (A), for it is essential that the authority and discretion of the Attorney-General in all these proceedings should be maintained perfectly unbroken, unfettered and unbiassed Attorney-General v. I am clearly of the opinion that the addition of Kishan Das is almost certain to alter the cause of action, to alter the nature of the suit and to enlarge the scope of the litigation.', 'caseanalysis' => null, 'casesref' => 'Harnam Bingh v. Sarup Singh;', 'citingcases' => '', 'counselplain' => ' H.L. Sarain, Adv.', 'counseldef' => ' P.C. Pandit, Adv.', 'court' => 'Punjab and Haryana', 'court_type' => 'HC', 'decidedon' => '1957-01-10', 'deposition' => 'Petition accepted', 'favorof' => null, 'findings' => null, 'judge' => ' Bhandari, C.J.', 'judgement' => 'ORDER<p style="text-align: justify;">Bhandari, C.J. </p><p style="text-align: justify;">1. This petition trader Section 115 of the Code of Civil Procedure raises the question whether a new defendant can be added in a suit under Section 92 of the Code of Civil Procedure without the previous sanction of the Advocate-General. </p><p style="text-align: justify;">2. On the 26th August 1955 Ch. Kidar Nath. Rai Bahadur Gopal Das & certain other persons brought a suit under Section 92 of the Code of Civil Procedure against Ramsaran Das & Ram Pra-kash in which they asked for the removal of Ramsaran Das from the office of Mahant of a Thakardwara. On the 21st November 1955 one Kishan Das presented an application under Rule 10 of Order 1 of the Code of Civil Procedure in which he prayed that he be impleaded as a defendant to the suit as Ramsaran Das had been removed and Kishan Das had been appointed a Mahant by the sewaks on the 23rd June 1853. The trial Court acceded to this request despite the protests of the plaintiffs and impleaded Kishan Das as defendant No. 3. The plaintiffs are dissatisfied with the order and have come to this Court in revision. </p><p style="text-align: justify;">3. It is a recognised principle of law that a person is not at liberty to secure the redress of a public wrong by means of a civil suit when he suffers injury in common with the public generally, even though his loss is greater than others, unless a statute expressly empowers him to do so. It is equally, clear that when the duty of enforcing the provisions of a particular statute is entrusted to a particular executive officer, the help of the Court can be invoked only by such executive officer and no other person and that (sic) is not open to a member of the public to intrude upon his functions. </p><p style="text-align: justify;">In England the Attorney-General who is the protector of charities is normally a necessary party to actions relating to public charities. He may either act alone as the officer of the Crown who is by law entrusted with such duties or he may act on the request of a private individual who thinks the charity is being or has been abused. He has entire control of the action and no amendment can be made without his consent (Shelfords Law of Mortmain 400; Attorney-General v. Fellows, (1820) 1 Jac & W 254 (A), for it is essential that the authority and discretion of the Attorney-General in all these proceedings should be maintained perfectly unbroken, unfettered and unbiassed Attorney-General v. Ironmongers' Co., (1840) 2 Beav 313 (B). </p><p style="text-align: justify;">4. The law in this country is not widely different. A member of the public in India has nopower in his capacity as such to maintain a suitto enforce or administer a charitable trust, forSection 92 of the Code of Civil Procedure provides thatno person shall be at liberty to bring an actionfor the alleged breach of a charitable or religioustrust or for remedying abuse or misapplication ofcharitable funds without the sanction of the Advocate-General. </p><p style="text-align: justify;">5. The law in regard to the addition of parties is embodied in Order 1. Rule 10 of the Code of Civil Procedure. It empowers the Court in its sound discretion either upon proper motion of a party to the action or upon its own motion to direct that other persons be made parties so that complete Justice may be done and the rights of all finally determined. An amendment cannot however, be allowed if the effect of adding a hew party would be to introduce a new cause of action. </p><p style="text-align: justify;">This is particularly so in cases under Section 62 of the Code of Civil Procedure. When the Legislature declared that no suit under this section should be brought without the sanction, of the Advocate-General, the intention obviously was that honest trustees should not be put to the trouble and expense of defending themselves in vexatious suite brought against them by irresponsible officers. </p><p style="text-align: justify;">6. Mr. Sarin, who appears for the plaintiffs, has invited my attention to a number of authorities which appear to lay down the proposition that a Court has no power to permit a new party to be added in a suit under Section 92 of the Code of Civil Procedure if the effect of the amendment is to enlarge the scope of the suit or to alter the nature of the suit. One of the principal authorities cited by him is Abdul Rehman v. Cassum Ebrahim, ILR 36 Bom 168 (C). </p><p style="text-align: justify;">In this case a learned Single Judge of the Bombay High Court reviewed all the English and Indian authorities bearing upon the point and came to the conclusion- that plaintiffs are not entitled to maintain a suit against an added defendant if no sanction of the Advocate-General is obtained previous to his being made the defendant and previous to the amendment of the plaint. This authority appears to hold that no party or parties can in any circumstances be added without the previous sanction of the Advocate-General if other reliefs are claimed against such added parties. </p><p style="text-align: justify;">Other Courts have taken a slightly different view, for they have held that every addition of a pew party does not necessarily invalidate the sanction already given. They have accordingly propounded the test that if the scope of the suit is substantially altered or enlarged by the addition of a new defendant previous sanction of the Advocate-General is necessary, but that if the scope remains unaltered and unchanged no such sanction need be taken, Gopala Krishnier v. Gana-pathy Aiyar, 58 Ind Cas 124: (Am 1920 Mad 238) (D), Varaprasada Rao v. Gopalacharlu, AIR 1926 Mad 970 (E) and Bapu Gouda v. Vinayak Sada-shiv, AIR 1941 Born 317 (F). The scope of the suit is enlarged when there is a totally diferent cause of action against the new defendant, Keshav-lal v. Commr. of Income Tax, AIR 1944 Bom 164 (G) or when he is stated to be the real trustee, Bagga Singh v. Tirath Ram, AIR 1928 Lah 717 (2) (H). I find myself in respectful agreement with the test which has been evolved in these authorities. </p><p style="text-align: justify;">7. Mr. Pandit, who appears for the new defendant, contends that his client claims to be a Mahant of this institution, that he is vitally interested in the subject-matter of the litigation, that it is impossible to have a complete determination of the controversy without his presence and consequently that the trial Court was justified in impleading him as a defendant. He has relied upon two sets of authorities in support of his contention. The first set of authorities consists of Golam Rabbani v. Abdul Khahir, ILR 62 Cal 1132 (I) and an unreported decision of this Court in Harnam Bingh v. Sarup Singh, S. A. No. 31 of 1954 (J). </p><p style="text-align: justify;">In the earlier case a Division Bench of the Calcutta High Court expressed the view that in a suit or appeal instituted by a certain set of plaintiffs or appellants with the consent of the Advocate-General or the Collector under Sections 62 and 93 of the Code of Civil Procedure the consent of the Advocate-General or the Collector to each fresh addition of a party Is not necessary as a suit under these sections is not prosecuted by individuals for their own interests but as the representatives of the general public interested in the endowment. </p><p style="text-align: justify;">A similar view was taken in the unreported case referred to above. The addition of a new plaintiff in a suit under Section 92 or 93 of the Code of Civil Procedure stands on a completely different footing from the addition of a defendant to the said suit. Actions under Section 92 are brought in a representative capacity, for when there is such a large number of persons as to make it impossible, or at least extremely impracticable, to bring them all before the Court as parties, it is only reasonable that a part of tho'se interested should be allowed to sue for the benefit of many. If one or two plaintiffs who are acting in a represent tative capacity drop out; it is obviously open to certain other persons to step into their shoes and to figure as plaintiffs. </p><p style="text-align: justify;">By doing so they do not alter the cause or action, for their claim against the defendants proceeds on the same basis as the claim of the persons whom they have replaced. These two authorities cannot, in my opinion, support the contention put forward on behalf of the new defendant. </p><p style="text-align: justify;">8. The second set of authorities on which Mr. Pandit places his reliance are two decisions of the Madras High Court reported as 58 Ind Cas 124: (AIR 1920 Mad 238) CD) and AIR 1926 Mad 970 (E). In these cases the Madras High Court held that where in a suit instituted with the sanction of the Advocate-General under Section 92 of the Code of Civil Procedure it is necessary to add a defendant the test for determining whether such addition requires a fresh sanction from the Advocate-General before the suit can be proceeded with against him is whether the scope of the suit has been really enlarged by the addition of the new party. </p><p style="text-align: justify;">9. The strictly legal consequences which flow from a consideration of the several authorities which have been cited by the parties have been admirably summarised in AIR Commentaries on the Code of Civil Procedure. The learned author observes at page 921 that where in a suit instituted with the required sanction the Court adds a new defendant under Order 1, Rule 10, in order to effectually and completely adjudicate upon all the questions involved in the suit, but such addition does not alter the nature of the suit, no new sanction need be obtained nor need it be obtained for transposing a defendant to the array of plaintiffs. </p><p style="text-align: justify;">Where such addition or other amendment does alter the nature of the suit, a fresh sanction is necessary. Thus, an amendment relating to a fresh cause of action involving a fresh addition of parties and fresh reliefs against them requires the sanction of the Advocate-General. </p><p style="text-align: justify;">10. The question how arises whether the addition of Kishan.Das as a defendant has or has not the effect of enlarging the scope of the suit or of altering the nature of the suit. Mr. Sarin contends, and in my opinion with a considerable amount of Justification, that the addition of this new defendant is likely to alter not only the cause of action but also to enlarge the scope of the suit. In his application under Order 1, Rule 10 of the Code of Civil Procedure Kishan Das stated that Ramsaran Das had been removed from the Ma-hantship of the Thakardwara and that he. namely Kishan Das applicant, had on the 23rd June 1953 been appointed a Mahant by the worshippers of the Thakardwara. </p><p style="text-align: justify;">The plaintiffs do not admit the correctness of these allegations. In order to decide the matters in controversy between the parties it would be necessary to frame a number of issues with the object of determining (1) whether Ramsaran Das was in fact removed from the Mahantship by the worshippers of the Thakardwara; (2) whether Kishan Das was appointed a Mahant by the sewate on or about the 23rd June 1953; (3) whether Kishan pas could be elected a Mahant in accordance with the rules of custom by which the parties are regulated; and (4) whether he is entitled to a declaration of status in a suit under Section 92 without paying the appropriate fees in respect of such relief. </p><p style="text-align: justify;">I am clearly of the opinion that the addition of Kishan Das is almost certain to alter the cause of action, to alter the nature of the suit and to enlarge the scope of the litigation. </p><p style="text-align: justify;">11. For these reasons I would accept the petition, set aside the order of the trial Court anddirect that the name of Kishan Das be removed from the list of defendants. The plaintiffs will be entitled to the costs of this Court. </p><p style="text-align: justify;">12. 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LAW: Section 115 of the Code of Civil Procedure, Section 92 of the Code of Civil Procedure, Section 92 of the Code of Civil Procedure, Rule 10, Order 1 of the Code of Civil Procedure, forSection 92 of the Code of Civil Procedure, Order 1, Section 62, Section 92 of the Code of Civil Procedure, Section 92 or 93 of the Code of Civil Procedure, Section 92, Section 92 of the Code of Civil Procedure, Order 1, Rule 10, Order 1, Rule 10 of the Code of Civil Procedure Kishan Das, Section 92
ORG: ORDERBhandari, the Advocate-General, Ramsaran Das & Ram Pra-kash, Ramsaran Das, Ramsaran Das, Court, Court, Court, Crown, Ironmongers' Co., the Advocate-General, Court, Justice, Legislature, the Advocate-General, Court, ILR, the Bombay High Court, the Advocate-General, the Advocate-General, AIR 1941, Income Tax, AIR, Court, ILR, Court, the Calcutta High Court, the Advocate-General, the Collector under Sections 62, the Advocate-General, Court, AIR 1926 Mad 970, the Advocate-General, AIR Commentaries, Court, the Advocate-General, Ramsaran Das, Court, Court, Court
PRODUCT: C.J. 1, 62 Cal 1132
CARDINAL: 2, one, 3, 3., 400, 1, 2, 4., 5, 10, 6, One, 36, 58, 124, 317, 164, 717, 2, two, 31, one, two, two, 8., two, 58, 124, 9, 921, 10, 1, 2, 3, 4, 11, 12
ORDINAL: 26th, first, second, 29th
DATE: August 1955, the 21st November 1955, the 23rd June 1853, 1820, 1840, 1920, 1926, 1920, the 23rd June 1953, about the 23rd June 1953
PERSON: Kidar Nath, Rai Bahadur Gopal Das &, Kishan Das, Kishan Das, Kishan Das, Shelfords Law, Fellows, Sarin, Abdul Rehman v. Cassum Ebrahim, Gopala Krishnier v. Gana-pathy, Aiyar, Varaprasada Rao v. Gopalacharlu, Bapu Gouda, Vinayak Sada-shiv, Keshav-lal v. Commr, Bagga Singh v. Tirath Ram, Pandit, Golam Rabbani v., Abdul Khahir, Sarup Singh, Pandit, Sarin, Ma, Kishan Das, Ramsaran Das, Kishan Das, Kishan, Kishan Das, Kishan Das
GPE: Thakardwara, England, India, Kishan, Justification, Thakardwara, Thakardwara, Thakardwara
LANGUAGE: English
NORP: Indian, Harnam Bingh