{"id":64541,"date":"2011-07-20T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2011-07-19T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/sundarben-vs-labhuben-on-20-july-2011"},"modified":"2019-01-25T23:57:46","modified_gmt":"2019-01-25T18:27:46","slug":"sundarben-vs-labhuben-on-20-july-2011","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/sundarben-vs-labhuben-on-20-july-2011","title":{"rendered":"Sundarben vs Labhuben on 20 July, 2011"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"docsource_main\">Gujarat High Court<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_title\">Sundarben vs Labhuben on 20 July, 2011<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_author\">Author: Harsha Devani,<\/div>\n<pre>  \n Gujarat High Court Case Information System \n    \n  \n    \n\n \n \n    \t      \n         \n\t    \n\t\t   Print\n\t\t\t\t          \n\n  \n\n\n\t \n\t \n\t \n\t \n\t \n\t \n\t \n\t \n\t \n\t \n\t \n\t \n\t \n\t\n\n\n \n\n\n\t \n\nSA\/18\/2011\t 2\/ 2\tORDER \n \n \n\n\t\n\n \n\nIN\nTHE HIGH COURT OF GUJARAT AT AHMEDABAD\n \n\n \n\n\n \n\nSECOND\nAPPEAL No. 18 of 2011\n \n\nwith\n \n\nSECOND\nAPPEAL No.45 of 2011\n \n\n \n \n=========================================\n\n\n \n\nSUNDARBEN\nWD\/O DHANJI RUPA MER - Appellant(s)\n \n\nVersus\n \n\nLABHUBEN\nSARDULBHAI &amp; 9 - Defendant(s)\n \n\n=========================================\n \nAppearance : \nMR\nSUNIL C PATEL for\nAppellant(s) : 1, 1.2.1, 1.2.2, 1.2.3, 1.2.4, 1.2.5, 1.2.6, 1.2.7,\n1.2.8, 1.2.9,1.2.10  \nSERVED BY AFFIX.(N) for Defendant(s) : 1, \nMR\nPRADEEP PATEL for Defendant(s) : 1 - 7. \nNOTICE SERVED for\nDefendant(s) : 2 - 6. \nUNSERVED-EXPIRED (N) for Defendant(s) :\n0.0.0  \nNOTICE SERVED BY DS for Defendant(s) : 8, \nNOTICE\nUNSERVED for Defendant(s) :\n9, \n=========================================\n\n\n \n\t  \n\t \n\t  \n\t\t \n\t\t\t \n\nCORAM\n\t\t\t: \n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t \n\t\t\t \n\nHONOURABLE\n\t\t\tMS.JUSTICE HARSHA DEVANI\n\t\t\n\t\n\n \n\n \n \n\n\n \n\nDate\n: 20\/07\/2011 \n\n \n\n \n \nORAL\nORDER<\/pre>\n<p>Heard<br \/>\n\tMr. S. C. Patel and Mr. Y. J. Patel, learned advocates appearing on<br \/>\n\tbehalf of the appellants in these appeals and Mr. Pradeep Patel,<br \/>\n\tlearned advocate appearing on behalf of the contesting respondents.\n<\/p>\n<p>Having<br \/>\n\tregard to the submissions advanced by the learned advocates for the<br \/>\n\trespective parties and considering the judgement of the first<br \/>\n\tAppellate Court, the matters require consideration.  Hence, ADMIT.<br \/>\n\t The following substantial questions of law arise for determination<br \/>\n\t:\n<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;[1]\tWhether<br \/>\nthe first Appellate Court was justified in setting aside the<br \/>\njudgement and decree passed by the Trial Court which was based upon<br \/>\nappreciation of the evidence on record, without assigning any valid<br \/>\nand cogent reasons for reversing the findings recorded by the Trial<br \/>\nCourt?\n<\/p>\n<p>[2]\tWhether<br \/>\nthe impugned judgement and decree suffers from the vice of being<br \/>\nbased on mere surmises and conjectures?\n<\/p>\n<p>[3]\tWhether<br \/>\nwhile setting aside the judgement and decree passed by the Trial<br \/>\nCourt, the first Appellate Court has not properly appreciated the<br \/>\nevidence on record?&#8221;\n<\/p>\n<p>[HARSHA<br \/>\nDEVANI, J.]<\/p>\n<p>parmar*<\/p>\n<p>\t\t   \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\t\t   Top<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gujarat High Court Sundarben vs Labhuben on 20 July, 2011 Author: Harsha Devani, Gujarat High Court Case Information System Print SA\/18\/2011 2\/ 2 ORDER IN THE HIGH COURT OF GUJARAT AT AHMEDABAD SECOND APPEAL No. 18 of 2011 with SECOND APPEAL No.45 of 2011 ========================================= SUNDARBEN WD\/O DHANJI RUPA MER &#8211; Appellant(s) Versus LABHUBEN SARDULBHAI [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-64541","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-gujarat-high-court","category-high-court"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Sundarben vs Labhuben on 20 July, 2011 - Free Judgements of Supreme Court &amp; High Court | Legal India<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/sundarben-vs-labhuben-on-20-july-2011\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Sundarben vs Labhuben on 20 July, 2011 - Free Judgements of Supreme Court &amp; 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