Preliminary Objection
Legal definition for Indian law research
Definition
Preliminary objection, is one that is raised to the sustainability of an application or action on the basis of the assumption of the truth of all the averments of facts made in the suit, or in the application or plaint, and is, therefore, one that can be taken in argument though not raised in the written defence, Prabhakar Gerland Walter v. Chief Secretary, AIR 1953 Tr & Coch 286: 1953 ILR TR & Coch 118.
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