In Brief
The Supreme Court held that the High Court cannot reject a plaint using its supervisory powers under Article 227 of the Constitution. The Court clarified that Article 227 is meant to supervise courts within jurisdictional limits, not to usurp the trial court's original jurisdiction. When a plaint is rejected, the Civil Procedure Code provides an appellate remedy under Section 96, which bars the High Court from intervening supervisionally. By rejecting the plaint directly, the High Court substituted itself as the court of first instance and deprived the appellant of their right to appeal. The Court set aside the High Court's order and remitted the matter to the trial court for proper adjudication, emphasizing that procedural safeguards must be preserved.
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