{"id":208721,"date":"2009-11-04T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2009-11-03T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/bachan-kaur-and-another-vs-navtej-singh-and-others-on-4-november-2009"},"modified":"2015-11-22T00:34:31","modified_gmt":"2015-11-21T19:04:31","slug":"bachan-kaur-and-another-vs-navtej-singh-and-others-on-4-november-2009","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/bachan-kaur-and-another-vs-navtej-singh-and-others-on-4-november-2009","title":{"rendered":"Bachan Kaur And Another vs Navtej Singh And Others on 4 November, 2009"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"docsource_main\">Punjab-Haryana High Court<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_title\">Bachan Kaur And Another vs Navtej Singh And Others on 4 November, 2009<\/div>\n<pre>RSA No.2634 of 2008 (O&amp;M)                                                   1\n\nIN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB &amp; HARYANA, CHANDIGARH\n\n                                R.S.A. No. 2634 of 2008 (O&amp;M)\n                                Date of Decision:November 04, 2009\n\n\n\nBachan Kaur and another                           ...........Appellants\n\n                               Versus\n\n\nNavtej Singh and others                            ..........Respondents\n\n\n\nCoram:       Hon'ble Mrs. Justice Sabina\n\nPresent: Mr.M.S.Khaira, Senior Advocate with\n         Mr.Dharminder Singh, Advocate for the appellants\n         Mr.Kanwaljit Singh, Senior Advocate with\n         Mr.Harvinder Singh,Advocate for the respondents\n                           **\n\nSabina, J.\n<\/pre>\n<p>               Plaintiff-Gian Singh filed a suit for declaration and<\/p>\n<p>permanent injunction. The said suit of the plaintiff was dismissed by the<\/p>\n<p>Additional Civil Judge (Senior Division), Fatehgarh Sahib vide judgment<\/p>\n<p>and decree dated 9.10.2006. Aggrieved by the same, plaintiff filed an<\/p>\n<p>appeal and the same was dismissed by the Additional District Judge<\/p>\n<p>Fatehgarh Sahib vide judgment and decree dated 19.2.2008. Hence, the<\/p>\n<p>present appeal has been filed by the plaintiff.<\/p>\n<p>               The case of the parties, as noticed by the learned Additional<\/p>\n<p>District Judge in paras 4 to 6 of its judgment reads as under:-<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>          &#8220;4.The brief facts of the suit out of which the present appeal has<\/p>\n<p>          been directed are that the plaintiff Gian Singh originally filed a<\/p>\n<p>          suit for declaration to the effect that he is owner in possession of<\/p>\n<p>          the suit land mentioned at letter X in the head note of the plaint<\/p>\n<p>          and judgment and decree dated 2.3.1982 passed by Shri Bhagwan<br \/>\n<span class=\"hidden_text\"> RSA No.2634 of 2008 (O&amp;M)                                                     2<\/span><\/p>\n<p>         Singh,Sub Judge Ist Class, Bassi Pathana in suit No.78 of<\/p>\n<p>         10.2.1982 in respect of the suit land mentioned at letter X in the<\/p>\n<p>         head note of the plaint is illegal, null and void, result of fraud and<\/p>\n<p>         misrepresentation and does not confer any title on defendant no.1<\/p>\n<p>         and is not binding on the plaintiff and sale deed dated 21.5.1999<\/p>\n<p>         executed by defendant no.1 in favour of defendants No.2 and 3 in<\/p>\n<p>         respect of the land detailed at letter Y in the head note of the<\/p>\n<p>         plaint and sale deed dated 22.6.2000 executed by defendant No.1<\/p>\n<p>         in favour of defendant No.4 in respect of land detailed at letter Z<\/p>\n<p>         in the head note of the plaint, are illegal, null and void and are<\/p>\n<p>         liable to be set aside and for permanent injunction restraining the<\/p>\n<p>         defendants from alienating        the suit property and also for<\/p>\n<p>         possession of the land recorded at letter X in the head note of the<\/p>\n<p>         plaint. It has been averred that plaintiff is peace loving, illiterate,<\/p>\n<p>         retired and is aged person and is owner in possession of the suit<\/p>\n<p>         land as detailed at letter X in the head note of the plaint.<\/p>\n<p>         Defendant No.1 is real nephew of the plaintiff. The plaintiff has<\/p>\n<p>         good faith in him. Previously plaintiff was serving in Military<\/p>\n<p>         and he retired therefrom.        The Government was providing<\/p>\n<p>         facilities to Ex-Military personnel.     Defendant no.1 asked the<\/p>\n<p>         plaintiff to accompany him to Bassi Pathana to execute some<\/p>\n<p>         documents for getting electric motor connection on priority basis<\/p>\n<p>         and also requested the plaintiff to execute surety for him for<\/p>\n<p>         obtaining loan from the bank in the year 1982 and while believing<\/p>\n<p>         representation of defendant No.1 to be true, plaintiff accompanied<\/p>\n<p>         him to Bassi Pathana.           Defendant No.1 obtained thumb<br \/>\n<span class=\"hidden_text\"> RSA No.2634 of 2008 (O&amp;M)                                                   3<\/span><\/p>\n<p>         impressions of the plaintiff on several papers on the pretext that<\/p>\n<p>         he is executing documents for the purpose of getting electric<\/p>\n<p>         connection on priority basis as well as for furnishing surety bond<\/p>\n<p>         for defendant No.1 for obtaining loan from the bank. The plaintiff<\/p>\n<p>         never thumb marked any paper with intention to transfer suit land<\/p>\n<p>         in favour of defendant no.1 nor he suffered any decree for<\/p>\n<p>         transferring the suit land in favour of defendant No.1. Plaintiff<\/p>\n<p>         was never summoned in Civil suit No.78 dated 10.2.1982 by any<\/p>\n<p>         process server of the said court. Plaintiff came to know about<\/p>\n<p>         decree dated 2.3.1982 passed in the said suit only a month back<\/p>\n<p>         when defendant No.1 started proclaiming himself to be the owner<\/p>\n<p>         of the suit land mentioned at letter X in the head note of the plaint<\/p>\n<p>         and thereafter the plaintiff obtained copies of the revenue record<\/p>\n<p>         and came to know about the impugned decree which was got<\/p>\n<p>         passed by defendant No.1 by playing fraud upon the plaintiff and<\/p>\n<p>         he has also come to know that defendant No.1 has sold 2-1\/2<\/p>\n<p>         biswas of abadi land belonging to the plaintiff to defendants No. 2<\/p>\n<p>         and 3 vide sale deed dated 21.5.1999 and 5 biswas of abadi land<\/p>\n<p>         to defendant no.4 vide sale deed dated 20.6.2000 alleging himself<\/p>\n<p>         to be owner of the said abadi. Sale deed dated 21.5.1999 and<\/p>\n<p>         22.6.2000 executed by defendant No.1 in favour of defendants<\/p>\n<p>         No. 2 and 3 as well as defendant No.4 with respect to land<\/p>\n<p>         mentioned at letters Y and Z in the head note of the plaint are<\/p>\n<p>         illegal, null and void and not binding upon the plaintiff. The<\/p>\n<p>         plaintiff asked the defendant No.1 to admit his claim over the suit<\/p>\n<p>         land detailed at letter X in the head note of the plaint and hence<br \/>\n<span class=\"hidden_text\"> RSA No.2634 of 2008 (O&amp;M)                                                    4<\/span><\/p>\n<p>         this suit.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><p>         5. Notice of this suit was given to the defendants. Defendants<\/p>\n<p>         appeared and filed written statements. Defendant No.1 in his<\/p>\n<p>         written statement took preliminary objections that this suit is not<\/p>\n<p>         maintainable and the plaintiff has no cause of action and locus<\/p>\n<p>         standi to file the present suit.    The suit is time barred.     The<\/p>\n<p>         plaintiff has not come to the court with clean hands as he<\/p>\n<p>         concealed the true and material facts from the court. The suit is<\/p>\n<p>         bad for non-joinder of necessary parties as other co-sharers have<\/p>\n<p>         not been impleaded. The suit is barred under Section 11 of CPC.<\/p>\n<p>         It has been further averred that plaintiff has no son and answering<\/p>\n<p>         defendant used to serve the plaintiff and his wife and also<\/p>\n<p>         managing and cultivating affairs of the suit land from the very<\/p>\n<p>         beginning and then a dispute arose between the parties to the suit<\/p>\n<p>         with respect to the suit land which resulted into an oral family<\/p>\n<p>         settlement and arrangement among them in the presence of<\/p>\n<p>         relatives and friends including Inder Singh and Charanjit Singh<\/p>\n<p>         Fauji and in the said settlement, the defendant no.1 was declared<\/p>\n<p>         the owner of the suit land and the plaintiff had relinquished all his<\/p>\n<p>         rights, title and interest in the suit land in favour of the defendant<\/p>\n<p>         No.1 and to keep the peace and harmony among them the said<\/p>\n<p>         settlement was bonafide for the welfare of the family and since<\/p>\n<p>         then he is owner in possession of the suit and has prayed that the<\/p>\n<p>         judgment and decree dated 2.3.1982 is legal and valid one and is<\/p>\n<p>         binding upon the plaintiff as also the sale deed dated 21.5.1999<\/p>\n<p>         and 22.6.2000 are legal and valid and has prayed that suit be<br \/>\n<span class=\"hidden_text\"> RSA No.2634 of 2008 (O&amp;M)                                                   5<\/span><\/p>\n<p>          dismissed.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><p>          6. Defendants No. 2 and 3 in their written statement apart from<\/p>\n<p>          taking the same preliminary objections as were taken up by<\/p>\n<p>          defendant No.1 further pleaded that ; they have purchased the suit<\/p>\n<p>          property after verifying the records and after due inquiry from the<\/p>\n<p>          revenue officials and as such they are protected under Section 41<\/p>\n<p>          of Transfer of Property Act being bona fide purchasers. To the<\/p>\n<p>          same fact is the written statement filed by defendant No.4 and has<\/p>\n<p>          prayed that suit be dismissed with costs.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>               On the pleadings of the parties, the following issues were<\/p>\n<p>framed by the trial Court:-\n<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>          &#8220;1.Whether the plaintiffs are owners in possession of the suit<\/p>\n<p>          land?OPP<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><p>          2. Whether decree dated 2.3.1982 passed in civil suit No.78 of<\/p>\n<p>          10.2.1982 titled as Navtej Singh vs. Gian Singh is illegal, null and<\/p>\n<p>          void?OPP<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><p>          3.Whether sale deed dated 21.5.1999 executed by defendant No.1<\/p>\n<p>          in favour of defendants No. 2 and 3 is null and void?OPD<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><p>          4.Whether sale deed dated 26.6.2000 executed by defendant No.1<\/p>\n<p>          in favour of defendant No.4 is null and void?OPD<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><p>          5.Whether the suit is not maintainable?OPP<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><p>          6.Whether plaintiff has no cause of action to file the suit?OPD<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><p>          7.Whether plaintiff has no locus standi to file the suit?OPD<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><p>          8.Whether suit is within limitation?OPP<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><p>          9.Whether suit is bad for non-joinder of necessary parties?OPD<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><p>          10.Whether suit is bad for want of provisions of Section 11<br \/>\n<span class=\"hidden_text\"> RSA No.2634 of 2008 (O&amp;M)                                                    6<\/span><\/p>\n<p>          CPC?OPD<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><p>          11.Whether this court has jurisdiction to try the suit?OPP<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><p>          12.Relief.&#8221;\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><p>               After hearing the learned counsel for the parties, I am of the<\/p>\n<p>opinion that the present appeal deserves to be dismissed.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>               Gian Singh, plaintiff filed the suit challenging the decree<\/p>\n<p>dated 2.3.1982 suffered by him in favour of defendant No.1. Plaintiff could<\/p>\n<p>only challenge the decree on the ground of fraud. However, the plaintiff<\/p>\n<p>failed to establish the said fact.     The decree was passed in the year<\/p>\n<p>1982,whereas, the plaintiff filed the suit in the year 2000 challenging the<\/p>\n<p>same. Mutation No.1148 dated 10.3.1983 (Exhibit P6) was sanctioned in<\/p>\n<p>favour of defendant No.1 on the basis of the decree dated 2.3.1982. The<\/p>\n<p>mutation was sanctioned in the presence of plaintiff-Gian Singh, and, hence,<\/p>\n<p>it cannot be said that the plaintiff had no knowledge about the passing of the<\/p>\n<p>decree. In these circumstances, the suit of the plaintiff was time barred.<\/p>\n<p>The consent decree was suffered by Gian Singh in favour of his nephew.<\/p>\n<p>Both the Courts below, after appreciating the evidence led by the parties on<\/p>\n<p>record, have given a finding of fact that the plaintiff had failed to establish<\/p>\n<p>that the decree in question was a result of fraud and misrepresentation. The<\/p>\n<p>said finding of fact cannot be interfered by this Court.<\/p>\n<p>               No substantial question of law arises in this regular second<\/p>\n<p>appeal which would warrant interference by this Court. Accordingly, this<\/p>\n<p>appeal is dismissed.\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>                                                    ( Sabina )<br \/>\n                                                      Judge<br \/>\nNovember 04, 2009<br \/>\narya\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Punjab-Haryana High Court Bachan Kaur And Another vs Navtej Singh And Others on 4 November, 2009 RSA No.2634 of 2008 (O&amp;M) 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB &amp; HARYANA, CHANDIGARH R.S.A. 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