In money suits
Full Text
Where the plaintiff seeks the recovery of money, the plaint shall state the precise amount claimed:
But where the plaintiff sues for mesne profits, or for an amount which will be found due to him on taking unsettled accounts between him and the defendant, or for movables in the possession of the defendant, or for debts of which the value he cannot, after the exercise of reasonable diligence, estimate, the plaint shall state approximately the amount or value sued for.
Plain English Summary
Mandates pleading the exact liquidated amount in money recovery suits, while allowing approximate tentative valuations in claims for mesne profits, rendition of unsettled accounts, or unliquidated movable assets.
Key Legal Elements
- Liquidated Claims: Must specify exact principal sum, interest rate, and precise amount claimed.
- Unsettled Accounts & Mesne Profits Exception: Approximate tentative valuation permitted initially; final court fee paid after preliminary/final decree.
- Subject to Audit: In accounts suits, plaintiff undertakes to pay deficiency in court fees under Section 11 Court Fees Act upon final accounting.
Practical Note
Rendition of Accounts Practice: 1. Pleading Tentative Value: In partnership dissolution or principal-agent accounting, plead: 'The accounts are unsettled; the plaintiff tentatively values the relief of rendition of accounts at Rs. [X] and undertakes to pay deficient court fee upon final determination'. 2. Commercial Recovery: In commercial debts, itemize invoices, interest computation under Section 34 CPC, and append an interest ledger.
हिंदी पाठ
जहां वादी धन की वसूली चाहता है वहां वादपत्र में दावाकृत ठीक-ठीक रकम का कथन होगा:
किंतु जहां वादी अंतःकालीन लाभों (Mesne profits) के लिए, अथवा ऐसी रकम के लिए वाद लाता है जो उसके और प्रतिवादी के बीच अनिपटाए गए लेखा करने पर शोध्य पाई जाएगी, अथवा प्रतिवादी के कब्जे में की चल संपत्तियों के लिए, या ऐसे ऋणों के लिए जिनका मूल्य वह युक्तियुक्त तत्परता बरतने के पश्चात भी प्राक्कलित नहीं कर सकता, वहां वादपत्र में दावाकृत रकम या मूल्य का लगभग (Approximately) कथन होगा।