JUDGEMENT
DIPAK MISRA, J. -
(1.) The challenge in this appeal, by special leave, is to the
legal acceptability of the judgment and decree dated
06.06.2014 passed by the High Court of Karnataka at Bangalore in Regular First Appeal No. 1626 of 2010
whereby the learned single Judge has declined to interfere
in the appeal preferred by the first defendant questioning
the defensibility of the judgment and decree dated 21.06.2010 passed by the learned XXVIII Additional City
Civil Judge, Mayohall, Bangalore in O.S. No. 16950 of 2004.
(2.) The narration of facts as is evincible from the impugned judgment are that the first defendant was
aggrieved as he was directed by the trial Court to execute a
rectification deed in respect of property description No. 2 in
B-schedule in the partition deed dated 01.04.1981 which
was registered on 28.07.1981 and brought on record as
Ex.P-1 and further granted permanent injunction
restraining the defendants from interfering with the
possession of the plaintiff in respect of the property in
question. It was contended before the High Court that the
trial Court had erred in law in decreeing the suit as the
registered deed of partition had not been proved in
accordance with law and further the schedule property
formed part of the joint family property. That apart, it was
urged that the said property was purchased by the
defendant No. 1 from his own sources and his name had
been recorded in the record of rights and there was no
material on record to come to a conclusion that there
existed a joint family which possessed sufficient nucleus to
purchase the schedule property. A ground was taken that
the partition deed had not seen the light of the day for more
than 22 years and when its genuineness was questioned on
the basis of materials brought on record, the said issue had
not been appositely addressed.
(3.) The High Court, as the impugned judgment reveals, noted some of the contentions and posed the question
whether the trial Court was justified in directing the
defendants to execute a rectification deed to correct the
error in stating the site number in the partition deed dated
01.04.1981 marked in evidence as Ex.P-1. It took note of the fact that in the said partition deed site No. 25, which
was allotted to the plaintiff, was erroneously described as
site No. 35 and hence, relief of the rectification of the error
in the deed had been granted by the trial Court. Thereafter
the learned single Judge, as is vivid, copiously quoted from
the judgment of the trial Court and held that he did not find
any infirmities in the findings recorded by the trial Court
and certain documents brought on record showed that the
plaintiff was in possession of the site No. 25. On the
aforesaid basis, the High Court dismissed the appeal
preferred by the defendant No. 1.;
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