Defendants Cannot Benefit From Own Wrong, After Alienating Partition Suit Property And Oppose Impleadment Of Purchasers: Patna HC

The Patna High Court ruled that defendants cannot evade consequences after alienating property despite an undertaking to the court. The case involved a partition suit where the defendants sold the disputed property to third parties despite promising not to do so. The trial court had rejected the plaintiff’s plea to add the purchasers as defendants, but the High Court quashed this order. The court emphasized that defendants cannot benefit from their wrongful actions and that subsequent purchasers must be made parties to avoid complicating the matter further. The ruling reinforced the principle that parties must adhere to their undertakings to the court and that third-party interests created during litigation must be addressed to ensure a fair resolution of the dispute.