Order XIV Rule 2: Court to pronounce judgment on all issues

Questions on this rule

2 questions in 10 of our papers cite Order XIV Rule 2. Try these from the free papers:

1. 1. Where both issues of law and of fact arise in a suit and the court thinks the case may be disposed of on an issue of law only, Order XIV Rule 2(2) CPC permits it to try that issue first only if the issue relates to:

   A.any question of law, provided both parties consent to its being tried firstB.the valuation of the suit or the sufficiency of the court-fee paid on the plaintC.the admissibility of a document on which the plaintiff relies in the suitD.the jurisdiction of the court or a bar to the suit created by any law in force
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2. 2. In John Mathew v. Santha Paul, decided on 21 September 2026, the Supreme Court interpreted Order XIV Rule 2(2) of the Code of Civil Procedure. It held that the power to try an issue of law first:

   A.cannot be used once the trial on all issues has begun, as the rule does not allow reordering a trialB.may be used even on a mixed question of law and fact if both parties consent to a preliminary trialC.may be used at any stage before judgment if the issue is one of limitation under the Limitation ActD.is exhausted as soon as the court frames all the issues together, even before any evidence is led
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