C. T. RAVIKUMAR, SANJAY KUMAR
Neelam Gupta – Appellant
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Rajendra Kumar Gupta – Respondent
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JUDGMENT
C.T. RAVIKUMAR, J.
1. The legal representatives of original defendant No.1 viz., appellant Nos. 1 to 3 herein and original defendant No. 2 in Civil Suit No.195A/95, are in appeal against the judgment dated 11.07.2014 passed by the High Court of Chhattisgarh at Bilaspur in Second Appeal No.401/2003, reversing the concurrent judgments of the Courts below and the consequently, drawn decree dated 25.07.2014.
2. The facts, in succinct, that led to the impugned judgment and decree are as follows:-
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