Rajaram Bandu Gadade vs Govind Sonba Gadade

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2025 Supreme(Bom) 18

GAURI GODSE
Rajaram Bandu Gadade – Appellant
Versus
Govind Sonba Gadade – Respondent

Advocates:
Advocate Appeared:
For the Appellants : Prafulla Shah, Gunjan Shah, Kayval Shah
For the Respondents: Sharad Bhosale, Dilip Bodake, D.J. Haldankar

JUDGMENT :

GAURI GODSE, J.

BASIC FACTS:

1. This second appeal is preferred by the original defendants to challenge the concurrent judgments and decrees granting 1/4th share each to the plaintiffs, i.e. heirs of Sonba, Kondiba and Rangnath. The original holder of the suit property was Dashrath. Dashrath had four sons - Vitthal, Sonba, Kondiba and Rangnath. Defendants are heirs of Vitthal. Both the courts have held that all four sons of Dashrath would be entitled to 1/4th share in the suit property. Hence, the branch of each of the sons is held entitled to a 1/4th share in the suit property.

2. The second appeal was admitted by order dated 25th November 2013 on the following substantial question of law:

“(N) Whether both the learned lower courts are justified in over looking the Mutation Entry No. 8681 at Exhibit-71 which was certified in the year 1948 which clearly indicate the name of deceased Vitthal (Predecessor of the Appellants/Original Defendants) as protected tenant in respect of the suit property.”

3. By order dated 27th August 2018, the question of law was modified, and one additional question of law was framed. Therefore, the second appeal is heard on the modified and the additi