JUDGEMENT
KOTHARI, J. -
(1.) IN a legal battle between the mother -in -law and
daughter -in -law of predeceased son, this writ petition under Article 227 of the
Constitution of India has been filed by mother -in -law Smt. Shanta Devi W/o
late Sh. Anand Prakash, who is also said to have expired during the pendency
of this writ petition, and her son Pradeep Kumar against the respondents -
plaintiffs -Smt. Aarti Devi W/o predeceased son Suresh Kumar and her two
children Dikshita and Gungun being aggrieved by the order dtd. 18.11.2009
passed by the learned Additional Distt. Judge (Fast Track) No. 2, Udaipur in
Civil Original Suit No. 261/2008 - Smt. Arti Devi vs. Smt. Shanta Devi rejecting
the three applications of the defendants -petitioners in a suit for declaration,
partition and injunction filed by the respondents - plaintiffs in the trial court in
respect of suit property situated at Hiran Magri, Sector 4; House No. 1167 at
Udaipur.
(2.) THE plaintiff Smt. Aarti Devi W/o predeceased son Suresh Kumar filed the present suit claiming that the said suit property was purchased by her
husband vide registered sale -deed on 17.3.1992 in the name of his younger
unmarried brother Anil Kumar, who is also said to have died since then and
who was 'benamidar' of the suit property and the said property really
belonged to her husband in which the present defendants and petitioners ,
her mother -in -law Smt. Shanta Devi and brother -in -law Pradeep Kumar were
residing on the ground floor and therefore, the declaration in this regard may
be given to the plaintiffs that the suit property belonged to her husband and
also grant injunction against the defendants not to disturb her peaceful
possession of the first floor of the suit property.
The defendants filed an application under Order 7 Rule 11 CPC questioning the maintainability of the suit itself and according to the
defendants, the same was hit by Section 3 and 4 of the Benami Transaction
(Prohibition) Act, 1988 and by other applications, question of limitation and
court fee valuation was also raised by the defendants.
(3.) THESE applications were contested by the plaintiffs and the learned trial Court by the impugned order dtd. 18.11.2009 rejected all the three
applications of the defendants and hence the present writ petition has been
filed by the defendants -petitioners.;
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