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1989 Supreme(SC) 269

M. H. KANIA, R. S. PATHAK
Maniar Ismail Sab – Appellant
Versus
Maniar Fakruddin – Respondent


Advocates:
C.K.Suchitra, N.D.B.RAJU, S.K.KULAKARNI, SURYA KANT SHARMA

JUDGMENT

PATHAK, CJI. :— We have heard learned counsel for the parties and we are of opinion that this appeal should be allowed.

2. The High Court had before it a second appeal under S. 100 of the Code of Civil Procedure and the appeal could have been entertained only if a question of law arose in the case. A perusal of the impugned judgment of the High Court shows that the High Court appraised the evidence on the record and interfered with the findings of fact reached by the two courts below on the basis of evidence before them that the property in dispute was part of the land assigned under Exhibit P-3 and that the plaintiffs case that Abdul Sab had constructed the two shops in question had not been established. The High Court has interfered with these findings of facts in the view that the two courts below had made out a new case by concluding that there was no partition between Abdul Sab and Mohammad Sab and they were tenants in common in respect of the suit property. What the High Court has done is to reverse the findings of fact upon considerations which proceed entirely upon facts. This the High Court was not competent to do in a second appeal under S. 100 of the Code of Civi


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