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PANKAJ MITHAL, S. V. N. BHATTI
Kanta – Appellant
Versus
Soma Devi (Dead) Through Lr. – Respondent
What is the essential requisite for granting a perpetual injunction? What are the essential conditions for a suit for recovery of possession? What is the importance of pleadings and evidence in a suit?
Key Points: - Possession on the date of filing the suit is an essential requisite for granting a perpetual injunction (!) (!) . - For a suit for recovery of possession, essential conditions include entitlement, manner of entitlement, specifics on the date and mode of dispossession, and the nature and illegality of the defendant's possession (!) (!) . - A few bits and pieces of evidence without proper pleadings cannot be appreciated (!) (!) . - The plaint must contain required details regarding the alleged date of dispossession and the basis for praying for recovery of possession (!) . - The approach of a first appellate court can be erroneous if it fails to appreciate the nature of prayers and the frame of the suit (!) . - A plaintiff seeking a perpetual injunction must prove actual possession of the suit schedule on the date of filing the suit, along with a prima facie case, balance of convenience, and irreparable loss (!) . - The High Court held that a right to maintenance, under Shastric Hindu Law, ripened into absolute ownership for a female Hindu under Section 14(1) of the Hindu Succession Act, 1956 (!) . - The High Court rejected a claim of succession based on a Will if the plea was not taken in the original plaint but introduced later (!) . - The plaintiff's suit was dismissed because the plaintiff was not in possession and lacked material pleadings and evidence for both perpetual injunction and recovery of possession (!) (!) . - The first appellate court's approach was considered erroneous for fastening the burden on the defendant and drawing adverse inferences without a detailed legal narrative (!) .
JUDGMENT :
S.V.N. BHATTI, J.
1. The Appeal arises from the judgment dated 24.07.2010 in RSA No. 221 of 1998 before the High Court of Himachal Pradesh at Shimla.
2. Sham Sunder (Since Deceased) filed Case No. 496 of 1990 before the Court of Sub Judge 1st Class, Una. The Civil Appeal is prosecuted by the plaintiff's LRs. CS No. 496 of 1990 was at the first instance filed for perpetual injunction restraining the defendants from interfering with the peaceful possession of the plaintiff in any manner from agricultural land measuring 8 Kanals – 05 Marlas in Khewat No. 194, Khatuni No. 1029, Khasra Nos. 4647, 4701, 4702 4742 situated in Village Lohara, Tehsil Amb, District Una. The plaintiff amended the plaint to include the prayer for recovery of possession from the defendant.
3. The plaintiff's case is that he is the owner, and the co-owner is in exclusive Hisadari possession of the plaintiff. The defendants are strangers and have no right, title, or interest in the suit schedule. The cause of action for filing the suit was the threatened interference of defendants, who are powerful, with plaintiff’s possession, and refusing to admit the plaintiff’s claim to the suit schedule. The first def
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