Manifest from the reading of Order II, Rule 3 that a plaintiff can unite in the same suit several causes of action against the same defendant.

15. The Hon’ble Supreme Court of Pakistan has also allowed joinder of several causes of action against the same defendant/respondent in Alam Khan and 3 others v. Pir Ghulam Nabi Shah & Company (1992 SCMR 2375) wherein it was held; 

“It is manifest from the reading of Order II, Rule 3 that a plaintiff can unite in the same suit several causes of action against the same defendant. Needless to mention that in a suit for pre-emption the preemptor and the vendee are the only necessary parties and as such the plaintiff/pre-emptor could join against the vendee/defendant several causes of action. The impugned transaction though on behalf of different persons and finalized through two different mutations were sanctioned on the same date. The plaintiffs/appellants rightly joined the two sale transactions in a single suit because if he had filed separate suits, even then they had to be consolidated as common questions of law and fact regarding right of pre-emption of parties and determination of market value would have been involved . As such the joining of two transactions in one suit was more proper and convenient than filing of separate suits”.

 Part of Judgment : 

IN THE LAHORE HIGH COURT LAHORE JUDICIAL DEPARTMENT
WP- Family Law
19091-09
2014 LHC 5328

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