IN THE JUDICATURE OF HIGH COURT AT BOMBAY, BENCH AT AURANGABAD
ARUN R.PEDNEKER
Avantikabai Shankar Shinde – Appellant
Versus
Pratap, s/o Gunderao Jadhav – Respondent
| Table of Content |
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| 1. challenge to civil court's jurisdiction. (Para 2 , 4 , 5) |
| 2. petitioner's ownership claims; civil court jurisdiction. (Para 10 , 12) |
| 3. jurisdictional issues under fragmentation act. (Para 18 , 19 , 20) |
| 4. authority's limitations in ownership determination. (Para 21 , 26) |
| 5. writ petition restored for appropriate proceedings. (Para 27) |
JUDGMENT :
ARUN R. PEDNEKER, J.
1. Rule. Rule made returnable. With consent of the parties, heard finally.
2. By the present petition, the petitioners challenge the order dated 13/08/2012, passed by the Joint Civil Judge, Senior Division, Nilanga, whereby the Court was pleased to decide the preliminary issue relating to the jurisdiction of the Civil Court to entertain the suit and held that the Civil Court has no jurisdiction to entertain the suit and returned the plaint for presentation before proper forum, and also the order dated 19/09/2017 was passed by the District Judge-1, Nilanga, in Misc. Civil Appeal No.25/2012 whereby the order of the Trial Court dated 13/08/2012 was upheld by dismissing the appeal primarily holding that the suit amounts to challenge to the consolidation and fragmentation scheme itself which the plaintiffs cannot
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