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SHARMILA U. DESHMUKH
Fakruddin A. Choudhary – Appellant
Versus
Ali Mirza, s/o Kaisar Mirza – Respondent
JUDGMENT :
(Sharmila U. Deshmukh, J.)
1. The Appeal is at the instance of the Original Plaintiff being aggrieved by the judgment dated 30th July, 2011 passed by the City Civil Court dismissing the Short Cause Suit No. 3995 of 2004. The present Appeal was admitted on 10th October, 2011. For sake of convenience, parties are referred to by their status before the trial Court.
FACTUAL MATRIX :
PLAINT :
2. S.C. Suit No.3995 of 2004 was instituted seeking direction to the Defendants to restore the possession of the suit premises described as shop admeasuring 10’ X 8’ sq. ft. made of brick masonary walls and roof of cement sheet situated at Haji Mazar Ali Chawl, facing New Mill Road by side of Room No.4, Opp. of Dr. Swenti’s Clinic, New Mill Road, Kurla (W), Bombay- 17 and to restore the suit premises back to its original position by removing all changes affected thereto.
3. The case of the Plaintiff is that for about five decades, the suit premises was in exclusive, use, occupation and possession of the Plaintiff’s father and thereafter of the Plaintiff and his brother Badruddin and from the suit premises, the business of selling bread, biscuits, dry-fruits etc. in name and style of M/s. Moder
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