The High Court observed that a bare perusal of the rule showed that striking off pleadings can be directed if the averment is found to be unnecessary, scandalous, frivolous, vexatious or which tends to prejudice, embarrass or delay the fair trial of the suit or which is otherwise an abuse of the process of the court.
It noted that the trial court had merely observed that the plaint ran into 45 pages and, therefore, it was unable to settle the issues.
“This is never the intended objective behind striking off the pleadings,” the Court remarked.
Source: Barandbench
