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J. B. PARDIWALA, R. MAHADEVAN
Hussain Ahmed Choudhury – Appellant
Versus
Habibur Rahman (Dead) through LRs. – Respondent
Legal Principle: Non-Party to a Deed Not Required to Seek Cancellation
A person who is not a party to a deed (or decree) is not obligated to sue for its cancellation under Section 31 of the Specific Relief Act, 1963. Such an instrument executed by third parties (strangers to the plaintiff's title) is neither binding on the plaintiff nor likely to affect their title, rendering cancellation logically impossible or unnecessary for a non-party. Instead, the plaintiff may seek a declaration of title under Section 34, which effectively renders the deed inoperative, void, non est, or non-binding as against them. A suit for declaration of title encompasses consideration of competing claims, including the validity of third-party documents, without requiring a separate prayer for cancellation. (!) (!) (!) (!) (!) (!) (!) (!) (!) (!) (!) (!)
JUDGMENT :
J.B. PARDIWALA, J.
1. Leave granted.
2. This appeal arises from the common judgment and order passed by the High Court of Guwahati dated 09.10.2015 in Regular Second Appeal No. 3 of 2007 and Regular Second Appeal No. 11 of 2007 respectively by which the High Court allowed both the Second Appeals preferred by the respondents herein (original defendants) and thereby set aside the judgment and decree passed by the Trial Court as affirmed by the First Appellate Court in favour of the appellants herein (original plaintiffs).
3. For the sake of convenience, the appellants herein shall be referred to as the original plaintiffs and the respondents herein shall be referred to as the original defendants.
(A) FACTUAL MATRIX
4. The facts giving rise to this appeal may be summarized as under:
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