KISHAN SINGH Vs. JAWAHAR SINGH AND OTHERS
LAWS(HPH)-2012-12-140
HIGH COURT OF HIMACHAL PRADESH
Decided on
December 01,2012
KISHAN SINGH
Appellant
VERSUS
JAWAHAR SINGH AND OTHERS
Respondents
Referred Judgements :-
SHRI KRIPA RAM V. SMT. MAINA [REFERRED TO]JABALPUR DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY V. V.V. SHRIVASTAVA [REFERRED TO]
M. VENKATASUBBAIAH V. M. SUBBAMMA [REFERRED TO]
SANJAY KUMAR V. NARENDRA DEVI [REFERRED TO]
GIRJA DATT SINGH VS. GANGOTRI DATT SINGH [REFERRED TO]
H VENKATACHALA IYENGAR VS. B N THIMMAJAMMA [REFERRED TO]
RANI PURNIMA DEBI VS. KUMAR KHAGENDRA NARAYAN DEB [REFERRED TO]
CHUNILGJ V MEHTA SONS LIMITED ADVOCATE GENERAL FOR THE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA INTERVENER VS. CENTURY SPINNING MANUFACTURING COMPANY LIMITED [REFERRED TO]
SHASHI KUMAR BANERJEE VS. SUBODH KUMAR BANERJEE [REFERRED TO]
M L ABDUL JABBAR SAHIB VS. M V VENKATA SASTRI AND SONS [REFERRED TO]
MOONGA DEVI VS. RADHA BALLABH [REFERRED TO]
SURENDRA PAL VS. SARASWATI ARORA [REFERRED TO]
SETH BENI CHAND SINCE DEAD NOW VS. KAMLA KUNWAR [REFERRED TO]
INDU BALA BOSE VS. MANINDRA CHANDRA BOSE [REFERRED TO]
JAGDISH SINGH VS. NATTHU SINGH [REFERRED TO]
RABINDRA NATH MUKHERJEE VS. PANCHANAN BANERJEE [REFERRED TO]
RAMANUJA NAIDU VS. V KANNIAH NAIDU [REFERRED TO]
NAVANEETHAMMAL VS. ARJUNACHETTY [REFERRED TO]
RAM DAS ALIAS RAM SURAJ VS. GANDIABAI [REFERRED TO]
KONDIBA DAGADU KADAM VS. SAVITRIBAI SOPAN GUJAR [REFERRED TO]
ARUMUGHAM VS. SUNDARAMBAL [REFERRED TO]
KARNATAKA BOARD OF WAKF VS. ANJUMAN E ISMAIL MADRIS UN NISWAN [REFERRED TO]
ROHINI PRASAD VS. KASTURCHAND [REFERRED TO]
KULWANT KAUR VS. GURDIAL SINGH MANN [REFERRED TO]
V PECHIMUTHU VS. GOWRAMMAL [REFERRED TO]
NEELKANTH VS. MALLIKA BEGUM [REFERRED TO]
JAI SINGH VS. SHAKUNTALA [REFERRED TO]
JANKI NARAYAN BHOIR VS. NARAYAN NANDEO KADAM [REFERRED TO]
BHAGAT RAM VS. SURESH [REFERRED TO]
UMA DEVI NAMBIAR VS. T C SIDHAN [REFERRED TO]
CRYSTAL DEVELOPERS VS. ASHA LATA GHOSH [REFERRED TO]
DAULAT RAM VS. SODHA [REFERRED TO]
SRIDEVI VS. JAYARAJA SHETTY [REFERRED TO]
PENTAKOTA SATYANARAYANA VS. PENTAKOTA SEETHARATNAM [REFERRED TO]
RAMLAL VS. PHAGUA [REFERRED TO]
HERO VINOTH VS. SESHAMMAL [REFERRED TO]
ADIVEKKA VS. HANAMAVVA KOM VENKATESH [REFERRED TO]
BENGA BEHERA VS. BRAJA KISHORE NANDA [REFERRED TO]
ANIL KAK VS. KUMARI SHARADA RAJE [REFERRED TO]
NARENDRA GOPAL VIDYARTHI VS. RAJAT VIDHYARTHI [REFERRED TO]
LALITABEN JAYANTILAL POPAT VS. PRAGNABEN JAMNADAS KATARIA [REFERRED TO]
YUMNAM ONGBI TAMPHA VS. YUMNAM JOYKUMAR SINGH [REFERRED TO]
VIMAL CHAND GHEVARCHAND JAIN VS. RAMAKANT EKNATH JAJOO [REFERRED TO]
SHYAM GOPAL BINDAL VS. LAND ACQUISITION OFFICER [REFERRED TO]
S R SRINIVASA VS. S PADMAVATHAMMA [REFERRED TO]
BHARATHA MATHA VS. R VIJAYA RENGANATHAN [REFERRED TO]
DINESH KUMAR VS. YUSUF ALI [REFERRED TO]
MUNICIPAL COMMITTEE HOSHIARPUR VS. PUNJAB STATE ELECTRICITY BOARD [REFERRED TO]
MALAYALAM PLANTATIONS LTD VS. STATE OF KERALA [REFERRED TO]
GOPAL SWAROOP VS. KRISHNA MURARI MANGAL [REFERRED TO]
SAROJA VS. SANTHILKUMAR [REFERRED TO]
MAHESH KUMAR (DEAD) BY L RS VS. VINOD KUMAR [REFERRED TO]
VISHNU RAMKRISHNA WANI VS. NATHU VITHAL WANI [REFERRED TO]
K M VARGHESE VS. K M OOMMEN [REFERRED TO]
LABH SINGH VS. PIARA SINGH [REFERRED TO]
RAM LAL VS. MOHINDER SINGH [REFERRED TO]
SURENDRA NATH LAHIRI VS. JNANENDRA NATH LAHIRI [REFERRED TO]
HARMES VS. HINKSON [REFERRED TO]
BANK OF INDIA LTD VS. JAMSETJI A H CHINOY AND MESSRS CHINOY AND CO [REFERRED TO]
VELLASWAMY SERVAI VS. L SIVARAMAN SERVAI [REFERRED TO]
ASHOK BANSAL VS. ANJU GOEL [REFERRED TO]
JUDGEMENT
Sanjay Karol, J. -
(1.)Plaintiffs’ Civil Suit stands decreed in terms of judgment and decree dated 29.9.1997 passed by Senior Sub Judge, Mandi, H.P. in Civil Suit No. 136/84(83)/151/97, titled as Jawahar Singh and another Vs. Kishan Singh and others , which stands affirmed by Additional District Judge, Mandi, District Mandi, in terms of judgment and decree dated 29.8.2003 passed in Civil Appeal No. 18 of 1998, titled as Kishan Singh and another Vs. Jawahar Singh and another .
(2.)This is the contesting defendants’ Regular Second Appeal filed under Sec. 100 of the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908, assailing concurrent findings of fact recorded by the Courts below, in terms of judgment and decree referred to herein above.
(3.)The instant appeal was admitted on 23.10.2003 on the following substantial questions of law:-
1. Whether findings of the learned trial Court and the first appellate Court are vitiated on account of misreading and misinterpretation of the oral and documentary evidence?
2. Whether the findings of the learned trial Court and the first appellate Court are against the settled position of law?
3. Whether the learned first appellate Court erred in rejecting the application of the appellants for additional evidence under Order 41 Rule 27 and Order 18 Rule 2(4) of the Code of Civil Procedure?
4. I have heard Mr. Sanjeev Kuthiala, learned counsel for the appellants, Mr. Anand Sharma, learned counsel for respondents No.1 and 2 and perused the record. Learned counsel for the parties have relied upon the following decisions rendered by various Courts including the Apex Court:-
(i) Vimal Chand Ghevarchan Jain and others Vs. Ramakant Eknath Jadoo, (2009) 5 SCC 713 ,
(ii) Shyam Gopal Bindal and others Vs. Land Acquisition Officer and another, (2010) 2 SCC 316 ,
(iii) Malayalam Plantations Limited Vs. State of Kerala and another, (2010) 13 SCC 487 ,
(iv) Jabalpur Development Authority Vs. V.V. Shrivastava and another, (2010) 13 SC 84 ,
(v) Sanjay Kumar Vs. Narendra Devi, 2012(1) Him.L.R.16 ,
(vi) Ram Lal and another Vs. Mohinder Singh and others, AIR 2005 P &H 49 ,
(vii) Labh Singh and others Vs. Piara Singh (deceased by L.Rs.) and another, AIR 1984 P &H 270 ,
(viii) Moonga Devi and others Vs. Radha Ballabh, AIR 1972 SC 1471 ,
(ix) M.L. Abdul Jabbar Sahib Vs. H. Venkata Sastri and Sons and others, AIR 1969 SC 1147 ,
(x) Vishnu Ramkrishna and others Vs. Nathu Vithal and others, AIR 1949 Bombay 266 ,
(xi) M. Venkatasubbaiah Vs. M. Subbamma and others, AIR 1956 Andhra 195 ,
(xii) K.M. Varghese and others Vs. K.M.Oommen and others, AIR 1994 Kerala 85 ,
(xiii) Beni Chand (since dead) now by L.Rs. Vs. Smt. Kamla Kunwar and others, AIR 1977 SC 63 ,
(xiv) Rani Purnima Debi and another Vs. Kumar Khagendra Narayan Deb and another, AIR 1962 SC 567 ,
(xv) Rabindra Nath Mukherjee and another Vs. Panchanan Banerjee (dead) by L.Rs. and others, AIR 1995 SC 1684 ,
(xvi) Shri Kripa Ram and others Vs. Smt. Maina, 2002(2) Shim.L.C. 213 ,
(xvii) Lalitaben Jayantilal Popat Vs. Pragnaben Jamnadas Kataria and others, (2008) 15 SCC 365 , and
(xviii) Ashok Bansal Vs. Anju Goel, 2011(3) Him.L.R. 1286 .
(2.)This is the contesting defendants’ Regular Second Appeal filed under Sec. 100 of the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908, assailing concurrent findings of fact recorded by the Courts below, in terms of judgment and decree referred to herein above.
(3.)The instant appeal was admitted on 23.10.2003 on the following substantial questions of law:-
1. Whether findings of the learned trial Court and the first appellate Court are vitiated on account of misreading and misinterpretation of the oral and documentary evidence?
2. Whether the findings of the learned trial Court and the first appellate Court are against the settled position of law?
3. Whether the learned first appellate Court erred in rejecting the application of the appellants for additional evidence under Order 41 Rule 27 and Order 18 Rule 2(4) of the Code of Civil Procedure?
4. I have heard Mr. Sanjeev Kuthiala, learned counsel for the appellants, Mr. Anand Sharma, learned counsel for respondents No.1 and 2 and perused the record. Learned counsel for the parties have relied upon the following decisions rendered by various Courts including the Apex Court:-
(i) Vimal Chand Ghevarchan Jain and others Vs. Ramakant Eknath Jadoo, (2009) 5 SCC 713 ,
(ii) Shyam Gopal Bindal and others Vs. Land Acquisition Officer and another, (2010) 2 SCC 316 ,
(iii) Malayalam Plantations Limited Vs. State of Kerala and another, (2010) 13 SCC 487 ,
(iv) Jabalpur Development Authority Vs. V.V. Shrivastava and another, (2010) 13 SC 84 ,
(v) Sanjay Kumar Vs. Narendra Devi, 2012(1) Him.L.R.16 ,
(vi) Ram Lal and another Vs. Mohinder Singh and others, AIR 2005 P &H 49 ,
(vii) Labh Singh and others Vs. Piara Singh (deceased by L.Rs.) and another, AIR 1984 P &H 270 ,
(viii) Moonga Devi and others Vs. Radha Ballabh, AIR 1972 SC 1471 ,
(ix) M.L. Abdul Jabbar Sahib Vs. H. Venkata Sastri and Sons and others, AIR 1969 SC 1147 ,
(x) Vishnu Ramkrishna and others Vs. Nathu Vithal and others, AIR 1949 Bombay 266 ,
(xi) M. Venkatasubbaiah Vs. M. Subbamma and others, AIR 1956 Andhra 195 ,
(xii) K.M. Varghese and others Vs. K.M.Oommen and others, AIR 1994 Kerala 85 ,
(xiii) Beni Chand (since dead) now by L.Rs. Vs. Smt. Kamla Kunwar and others, AIR 1977 SC 63 ,
(xiv) Rani Purnima Debi and another Vs. Kumar Khagendra Narayan Deb and another, AIR 1962 SC 567 ,
(xv) Rabindra Nath Mukherjee and another Vs. Panchanan Banerjee (dead) by L.Rs. and others, AIR 1995 SC 1684 ,
(xvi) Shri Kripa Ram and others Vs. Smt. Maina, 2002(2) Shim.L.C. 213 ,
(xvii) Lalitaben Jayantilal Popat Vs. Pragnaben Jamnadas Kataria and others, (2008) 15 SCC 365 , and
(xviii) Ashok Bansal Vs. Anju Goel, 2011(3) Him.L.R. 1286 .
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