Case Name : Asian Hotels (North) Ltd vs Alok Kumar Lodha & Ors Case Reference: (2022) 8 SCC 145 Case Number: CA Nos. 3703-3750/2022 Court: Supreme Court Bench: 02 Coram: MR Shah (Author), BV Nagarathna Date: 12.07.2022
When the amendment sought alters the nature of the suit, such amendment is impermissible.
The principle that the plaintiff is dominus litus is applicable only in a case where parties sought to be added as defendants are necessary and/or proper parties. The plaintiff cannot be permitted to join any party as a defendant who may not be necessary and/or proper parties at all on the ground that the plaintiff is the dominus litus.
Refer also: Kasturi vs Iyyamperumal, (2005) 6 SCC 733 Rejaveetu Builders & Developers vs Narayanaswamy & Sons, (2009) 10 SCC 84 Ashutosh Chaturvedi vs Prano Devi, (2008) 15 SCC 610 TN Alloy Foundry Co Ltd vs TN Electricity Board, (2004) 3 SCC 392 LJ Leach & Co Ltd vs Jardine Skinner & Co, AIR 1957 SC 357 Rajesh Kumar Aggarwal vs KK Modi, (2006) 4 SCC 385
See also: CPC - Order I rule 1 CPC - Order I rule 3 CPC - Order I rule 9 CPC - Order I rule 10 A&C Act, 1996 - Section 8 ToPA - Section 48