Code of Civil Procedure, 1908–Order 6, Rule 16 & Order 7, Rule 11–Constitution of India, 1950–Art. 227–Whether the High Court could have exercised its supervisory jurisdiction under Art. 227 of the Constitution to strike off the plaint even though a specific provision for rejection of the plaint under Order 7 Rule 11, CPC was available to the defendants to be taken recourse to, it is also to be noted additionally that the dispute in the suit was essentially a title dispute between the parties–Secondly, the defence of the defendants was that the suit was fraudulent and based on false document?–Held, no High Court committed manifest error in exercising the powers under Art. 227.


