The plaint shall be rejected in the following cases:-
where it does not disclose a cause of action;
where the relief claimed is undervalued, and the plaintiff, on being required by the Court to correct the valuation within a time to be fixed by the Court, fails to do so;
where the relief claimed is properly valued, but the plaint is returned upon paper insufficiently stamped, and the plaintiff, on being required by the Court to supply the requisite stamp-paper within a time to be fixed by the Court, fails to do so;
where the suit appears from the statement in the plaint to be barred by any law :
[where it is not filed in duplicate;] [Inserted by the Code of Civil Procedure (Amendment) Act, 1999, Section 17 (w.e.f. 1.7.2002).]
[ where the plaintiff fails to comply with the provisions of rule 9:] [Substituted by the Code of Civil Procedure (Amendment) Act, 2002, Section 8, for sub-Clauses (f) and (g)(w.e.f. 1.7.2002)(as inserted by the Code of Civil Procedure (Amendment) Act, 1999, Section17 (w.e.f. 1.7.2002).]
[Provided that the time fixed by the Court for the correction of the valuation or supplying of the requisite stamp-paper shall not be extended unless the Court, for reasons to be recorded, is satisfied that the plaintiff was prevented by any cause of an exceptional nature form correcting the valuation or supplying the requisite stamp-paper , as the case may be, within the time fixed by the Court and that refusal to extend such time would cause grave injustice to the plaintiff.] [Added by the Code of Civil Procedure (Amendment) Act, 1976, Section 72 (w.e.f. 1.2.1977).]
High Court Amendments-[Andhra Pradesh].-Same as that of Madras. [Assam].-Same as that of Calcutta. [Calcutta].-Add the following as clause (e): "(e) Where any of the provisions of rule 9 (1-A) is not complied with and the plaintiff on being required by the Court to comply therewith within a time to be fixed by the Court, fails to do so."-(25-7-1928). [Karnataka].-Delete rule 11(c) and substitute the following: "11(c) Where the relief claimed is properly valued, but the Court-fee actually paid is insufficient and the plaintiff does not make good the deficiency within the time, if any, granted by the Court."-(R.O.C. No. 2526/1959, dated 9-2-1967). [Madras].-For clause (c), the following clause shall be substituted, namely: "Where the relief claimed is properly valued, but the plaint is written on paper insufficiently stamped, and the plaintiff does not make good the deficiency within the time, if any, granted by the Court"-(9-2-1967). [N.B.-These High Court Amendments relate to the provisions as existed before the 1999/2002 Amendment Acts.]