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IN THE HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH AT BILASPUR
RAMESH SINHA, CJ, RAVINDRA KUMAR AGRAWAL
Deendayal Agrawal, S/o Late Parmeshwari Lal Agrawal – Appellant
Versus
Shiv Shankar Agrawal, S/o Late Parmeshwari Lal Agrawal – Respondent
JUDGMENT :
Ravindra Kumar Agrawal, J.
1. Heard Mr. Pushpendra Kumar Patel, learned Advocate and Mr. Manoj Paranjpe, learned Senior Advocate, Mr. Ashutosh Shukla and Dr. Sudeep Agrawal appearing for the respective parties.
2. First Appeal No.31/2024 has been preferred by Defendant No.1 assailing the impugned judgment and decree dated 11.01.2024 passed by the 1st Additional District Judge, Korba in Civil Suit No.02-A/2020, whereby the counter-claim filed by Defendant No.1 has been dismissed.
3. First Appeal No.62/2024 has been preferred by the Plaintiff challenging the impugned judgment and decree dated 11.01.2024 passed by the 1st Additional District Judge, Korba in Civil Suit No.02-A/2020, whereby the civil suit filed by the Plaintiff has been dismissed.
4. For the sake of convenience, the status of the parties is referred to as arrayed before the Trial Court in the Civil Suit.
5. The Plaintiff instituted a Civil Suit before the Trial Court seeking declaration of title and permanent injunction in respect of the suit property, namely Shop No.4 situated at Transport Nagar, Commercial Complex, Korba, admeasuring 296.5 sq. ft., the detailed description whereof is contained in Schedule-A appe
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