Plea of Set-off and the Nature of a Counter Claim
Order VIII, Rule 6, 6(a) to (g) deal with the plea of set-off:The meaning of Set-Off is where in a suit for recovery of money by the plaintiff, the defendant finds that he has also a claim of some amount against the plaintiff, he can claim a set-off in respect of the said amount.Patna High Court in the case of Jayanti Lai vs. Abdul Aziz, define the doctrine of Set-off as “the extinction of debts of which two persons are reciprocally debtors to one another by the credits of which they are reciprocally creditors to one another.” Image Source: qlook.bz ADVERTISEMENTS: A plea of set-off is “a plea whereby a defendant acknowledges the justice of the plaintiffs demand, but sets up another demand of his own, the counter balance that…