JUDGEMENT
MEHINDER SINGH SULLAR , J. -
(1.) THE challenge, in this revision petition, preferred by
petitioner -defendant No.2 -Smt.Anju Devi, daughter of Ajit Singh(for
brevity "the defendant") is to the impugned order dated 13.06.2012
(Annexure P -3), by virtue of which, the trial Court has accepted
composite application(Annexure P -1) filed by Smt.Nirmala wife of Dalel
Singh and Kamla wife of Tirth Singh -respondent Nos.1 and 2 -plaintiffs
(for short "the plaintiffs"), to implead Savita widow of Jagbir Singh as
defendant No.3 in the main civil suit, under Order 1 Rule 10 CPC and
allowed the consequential amendment in the plaint under Order 6 Rule 17
CPC.
(2.) AFTER hearing the learned counsel for the parties, going through the record with their valuable assistance and after considering the
entire matter deeply, to my mind, there is no merit in the instant petition
in this context.
As is evident from the record that, initially, the plaintiffs have filed the civil suit for a decree of partition being purchasers from
Baljeet Singh son of Ajit Singh, defendant No.1/co -sharer in the plot in
dispute. The defendants contested the claim of the plaintiffs, filed the
written statement, stoutly denied all the allegations contained in the plaint
and prayed for dismissal of the suit.
(3.) NOW , the plaintiffs have claimed that after going through the written statement, it revealed that Baljeet Singh(defendant No.1) and his
brother Jagbir Singh sons of Ajit Singh were the co -owners in the plot in
question to the extent of half share each. Jagbir Singh died intestate on
03.01.2004 and left behind his wife Savita as only Class -1 legal heir. Since, Savita widow of Jagbir Singh became co -owner in the disputed
property after the death of her husband, so, the plaintiffs moved an
application for impleading her as a party and consequential amendment in
the plaint in this relevant connection. The defendants did not deny the
fact that Savita is widow of Jagbir Singh. Once, it is prima facie proved
on record that Savita was also a co -owner in the plot in dispute, in that
eventuality, she is naturally a necessary party to be impleaded as a
defendant in the civil suit, to decide the real controversy between the
parties. Although, Savita was stated to be a mentally retarded lady, but if
that is so, the court will naturally(subsequently) appoint her guardian, as
contemplated under Order 32 Rule 15 CPC and reiterated by this Court in
case Jarnail Singh and others Versus Naranjan Kaur and others,
2011(4) Civil Court Cases 102. Be that as it may, the plaintiffs cannot legally be debarred from impleading Savita, a co -sharer in the plot in
question as a necessary party in the civil suit, as contrary urged on behalf
of the defendant. In this manner, the plaintiffs are entitled to
consequential amendment in the plaint as well in this relevant context.
Moreover, the petitioner -defendant cannot possibly be termed to be
aggrieved by the impugned order, in any manner.;
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