IN THE HIGH COURT AT CALCUTTA CIRCUIT BENCH AT JALPAIGURI
HARISH TANDON, APURBA SINHA RAY
Supriya Mukherjee – Appellant
Versus
Siliguri Cinema & Trading Company Limited – Respondent
JUDGMENT :
HARISH TANDON, J.
1.The instant appeal arises from the Order no. 11 dated 13.10.2023 passed in T.S. no. 95 of 2022 by the learned Civil Judge (Senior Division) at Siliguri by which an application for injunction filed under Order 39 Rule 1 and 2 of the Code of Civil Procedure was rejected on contest. At the time of admission of the instant appeal, an ad interim order of injunction restraining the respondents from carrying on any further construction and/or creating any third party interest and/or encumbrance on the suit property also from transferring and/or alienating of the suit property in favour of a third party was passed.
2. The salient facts required for the purpose of determining the point urged in the instant appeal are adumbrated hereinafter. One Rajani kanta Mukherjee, since deceased was the owner of large tract of land situated at Rajani Bagan, Hill Cart Road, Siliguri and left behind him surviving two sons namely, Durgapada Mukherjee and Babu AnandaKanta Mookerjee upon his death. A family settlement was entered into between the aforesaid two sons whereby and whereunder both the sons have decided to divide the joint property to the exclusion of other. It is undis
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