8. Relief founded on separate grounds.—Where the plaintiff seeks relief in respect of several distinct claims or causes of action founded upon separate and distinct grounds, they shall be stated as far as may be separately and distinctly.
Order VII Rule 8 CPC: Relief founded on separate grounds
Bare Act text
Text of the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 (Act No. 5 of 1908), First Schedule, as amended, including the changes for commercial disputes made by the Commercial Courts Act, 2015. Source: India Code, Government of India.
In simple words
Where the plaintiff seeks relief on several distinct claims or causes of action founded on separate and distinct grounds, they must as far as may be be stated separately and distinctly.
Order VII: Plaint
- 1 Particulars to be contained in plaint
- 2 In money suits
- 3 Where the subject-matter of the suit is immovable property
- 4 When plaintiff sues as representative
- 5 Defendant’s interest and liability to be shown
- 6 Grounds of exemption from limitation law
- 7 Relief to be specifically stated
- 8 Relief founded on separate grounds
- 9 Procedure on admitting plaint
- 10 Return of plaint
- 10A Power of Court to fix a date of appearance in the Court where plaint is to be filed after its return
- 10B Power of appellate Court to transfer suit to the proper Court
- 11 Rejection of plaint
- 12 Procedure on rejecting plaint
- 13 Where rejection of plaint does not preclude presentation of fresh plaint
- 14 Production of document on which plaintiff sues or relies
- 15 Statement in case of documents not in plaintiff’s possession or powers (Omitted)
- 16 Suits on lost negotiable instruments
- 17 Production of shop-book
- 18 Inadmissibility of document not produced when plaint filed (Omitted)