CASE TITLE : VINOD INFRA DEVELOPERS LTD. VERSUS MAHAVEER LUNIA.&.ORS
The Supreme Court held that a plaint cannot be dismissed in its entirety merely because one of the reliefs sought is legally untenable, provided that other reliefs are maintainable and arise from independent causes of action. The Court clarified that when deciding an application for rejection of a plaint under Order VII Rule 11 of the Civil Procedure Code (CPC), it is not permissible to selectively sever prayers where distinct causes of action are pleaded and backed by separate sets of facts. This is because a plaintiff may raise multiple grievances, and even if one claim is unsustainable, the presence of another triable claim means that rejecting the entire plaint would unjustly deny the plaintiff access to justice.
