The transferee pendente lite can be added as a party defendant to the case provided his interest is substantial and not just peripheral

Thomson Press (India) Ltd. Versus Nanak Builders & Investors P. Ltd. & Others

Head Note

Civil Procedure Code - Order 1 Rule 10 - Impleading of parties - The transferee pendente lite can be added as a party defendant to the case provided his interest is substantial and not just peripheral. This is particularly so where the transferee pendente lite acquires interest in the entire estate that forms the subject matter of the dispute.

Cases Referred:
Kasturi v. Iyyamperumal & Ors. 2005(6) SCC 733
Vidhur Impex and Traders Pvt. Ltd. v. Tosh Apartments Pvt. Ltd. & Ors. 2012 (8) SCC 384
Surjit Singh and Others v. Harbans Singh and Others (1995) 6 SCC 50
Savitri Devi v. District Judge, Gorakhpur and Others (1999) 2 SCC 577
Vijay Pratap and Others v. Sambhu Saran Sinha and Others (1996) 10 SCC 53
Chancellor Cottenham in Tasker v. Small 1834 (40) English Report 848
Anil Kumar Singh v. Shivnath Mishra alias Gadasa Guru, 1995 (3) SCC 147
Gouri Dutt Maharaj v. Sukur Mohammed & Ors. AIR (35) 1948
Kedar Nath Lal & Anr. v. Ganesh Ram & Ors. AIR 1970 SC 1717
Nilkant v. Suresh Chandra 12 I.A.171
Moti Lal v. Karrab-ul-Din 24 I.A.170
Rajender Singh & Ors. v. Santa Singh & Ors. AIR 1973 SC 2537
Ramesh Hirachand Kundanmal v. Municipal Corporation of Greater Bombay & Ors. 1992 (2) SCC 524
Amon v. Raphael Tuck & Sons Ltd. (1956) 1 All E.R. 273
Dollfus Mieg et Compagnie S.A. v. Bank of England (1950) 2 All E.R. 611
Kafiladdin v. Samiraddin, AIR 1931 Cal 67 (C)
Potter v. Sanders?, (1846) 67 ER
Ramesh Chandra v. Chunil Lal (1971) SC 1238
Lala Durga Prasad v. Lala Deep Chand, 1954 SCR 360 = (AIR 1954 SC 75)
Nagubai Ammal & Ors. v. B. Shama Rao & Ors. AIR 1856 SC 593
Vinod Seth v. Devinder Bajaj (2010) 8 SCC 1
A. Nawab John & Ors. v. V.N. Subramanyam (2012) 7 SCC 738
Jayaram Mudaliar v. Ayyaswami and Ors. (1972) 2 SCC 200
Khemchand Shanker Choudhary v. Vishnu Hari Patil (1983) 1 SCC 18
Amit Kumar Shaw v. Farida Khatoon (2005) 11 SCC 403
Rikhu Dev, Chela Bawa Harjug Dass v. Som Dass (deceased) through his Chela Shiama Dass, (1976) 1 SCC 103

Comparative Citations:
2013 (2) CTC 104, 2013 (2) SCJ 689, 2013 AIR(SCW) 1617, 2013 (2) LW 748, 2013 (3) ALD 111 (SC), 2013 (5) SCC 397, 2013 (1) CLT 321, 2013 (2) SLT 349, 2013 AIR(SC) 2389, 2013 (3) KCCR 239 (SN),

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