Landmark case · Drafting, Pleadings and Conveyancing · Semester 6
Bhagwati Prasad v. Chandramaul
AIR 1966 SC 735 · Supreme Court of India
A defendant who knows the plaintiff's true case cannot later plead surprise on a technical want of form.
From topic
Written statement and specific denial (Order 8) — Unit III, Drafting, Pleadings and Conveyancing.
Related sections:
- Code of Civil Procedure, 1908, O. 8 r. 1 — Written statement
- Code of Civil Procedure, 1908, O. 8 r. 3–5 — Denial to be specific; evasive denial; specific denial
- Code of Civil Procedure, 1908, O. 8 r. 9 — Subsequent pleadings
- Code of Civil Procedure, 1908, O. 8 r. 10 — Procedure when party fails to present written statement