JUDGMENT :

SANJAY KAROL, J.

Background

1. The present appeals stand filed against a judgment rendered by the Punjab and Haryana High Court in Civil Regular Second Appeal number 283 of 1984 dated 18th February, 2010¹ [hereinafter referred to as “Impugned Judgment”] and in RA-RS-4-2C of 2010 and Civil Misc. No. 6287-C of 2010 dated 28th May, 2010 by which the court in such jurisdiction set aside the concurrent findings returned by the Additional District Judge, Jalandhar in Civil Appeal No. 248 of 1981 dated 1st August, 1981 and by the Sub-Judge 1st Class, Jullundur (now Jalandhar ) in Civil Suit No. 186 of 1981 dated 24th September, 1981.

2. The crux of these appeals lies in a property dispute wherein one of the two brothers namely, Faqir Singh had allegedly sold off the portion of property belonging to him that his brother Gurbachan Singh and he inherited from their father namely Suchet Singh who died intestate in the year 1942. Gurcharan Singh (Respondent herein/plaintiff) bought a piece of land belonging to Faqir Singh measuring 4 marlas vide sale deed dated 19th December, 1978² [hereinafter referred to as “disputed property”] for a consideration of Rs. 6,000. Thereafter, he was pu