Important Legal Definitions

The judicial power of a civil court to order the deletion or striking out of any matter in a pleading that is unnecessary, scandalous, frivolous, vexatious, or which tends to prejudice, embarrass, or delay a fair trial.

In a suit concerning the partition of agricultural lands in Rohtak, the defendant inserts derogatory allegations regarding the private character of the plaintiff's deceased mother; the trial judge orders those paragraphs to be struck out under Order VI Rule 16 CPC.