IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY, NAGPUR BENCH
PRAFULLA S.KHUBALKAR
Amol, S/o. Dhanraj Kohale – Appellant
Versus
Pandurang, S/o. Manikrao Nikam – Respondent
JUDGMENT :
PRAFULLA S. KHUBALKAR, J.
1. Heard. RULE. Rule is made returnable forthwith. Learned counsel for the petitioner as well as learned counsel for the respondent have advanced elaborate arguments and the matter was heard extensively at the stage of final disposal.
2. By this petition, the petitioner / original defendant has raised a challenge to the judgment and order dated 11.03.2025 passed by the District Judge-1 & Additional Session Judge, Warud, allowing the appeal bearing Misc. Civil Appeal No.4/2023 and reversing the order of temporary injunction passed by the Trial Court. This case deals with an interesting issue about entitlement of the plaintiff for temporary injunction for right of an approach way based on an easement by grant, as reflected in the recital incorporated in the Sale Deed.
3. The facts leading to the instant petition are succinctly stated below:-
i. The petitioner is original defendant and respondent is original plaintiff. The respondent herein has filed a suit bearing Regular Civil Suit No.51/2021 seeking a relief of declaration and mandatory injunction about a right of way as shown by letter ‘A’ to ‘B’ in the plaint map, which falls in the land owned by t

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