The Supreme Court has held that Order XIV Rule 2(2) of the Code of Civil Procedure cannot be invoked to isolate and decide one issue as a preliminary issue after the court has already commenced trial on all the issues in the suit. A Bench of Justice K.V. Viswanathan and Justice Arun Palli clarified that
Order XIV Rule 2 CPC Cannot Be Invoked to Decide One Issue as Preliminary After Trial on All Issues Has Commenced: Supreme Court
