- Code of Civil Procedure, 1908–Order 8, Rule 6A–Counter-claim by the defendant–Limit of–It can be set up only against the claim of the plaintiff– There was no claim of plaintiffs regarding killa no. 6/8 and 23–Defendants were restrained to raise any counter-claim on these killa numbers in view of Order 8, Rule 6A.
- Code of Civil Procedure, 1908–Order 8, Rule 6A–Counter-claim–Limits of–It cannot exceed the pecuniary jurisdiction of the Court–Further, it must be instituted before the defendant has delivered his defense or before the time limit for delivering his defense has expired–It must be against the plaintiff–In the present case, the counter-claim was not against the plaintiff–Held, High Court rightly rejected the counter-claim.
