MANMEET PRITAM SINGH ARORA
Dushyant Chikara – Appellant
Versus
Zeeshan Ali – Respondent
JUDGMENT :
MANMEET PRITAM SINGH ARORA, J:
I.A. 37063/2024 (application under order VII Rule 11 CPC)
1. This is an application filed by the defendant no. 2 under Order VII Rule 11 of the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 (‘CPC’) seeking rejection of the plaint.
Background of the case
2. The present suit has been filed by the plaintiff seeking a declaration that the plaintiff is the owner of the property i.e. B-100, Second Floor, Gulmohar Park, Delhi measuring 300 Sq. yds. (‘suit property’) on the premise that the plaintiff has been in continuous possession of the suit property since January, 2007 to the knowledge of the recorded title holder, late Sh. S.K. Zaman.
2.1. The plaintiff has also sought a decree seeking permanent injunction restraining the defendant nos. 1 and 2 from (i) interfering in the possession of the plaintiff over the suit property; (ii) representing themselves as owner of the suit property; and (iii) from creating any third-party interest in respect of the suit property.
2.2. This suit was initially filed before the Court of learned ADJ-06, South, Saket as CS DJ No. 305/2024 (‘Trial Court’), however, as the matter in issue and the suit property was identical to the matters
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A trespasser cannot claim ownership based on unlawful possession; clear legal grounds for ownership must be established.
Settled possession cannot be deemed unlawful solely due to resignation; eviction requires due process of law.
Permanent injunction – A person cannot have benefit of protection order from Court when he has failed to prima facie establish his right to remain in possession of property.
The main legal point established in the judgment is that concurrent findings of facts and law recorded by the lower courts cannot be interfered with unless they are found to be perverse to the extent....
Civil Law - Civil Suit - Seeks rejection of plaint - Restoration of possession - When and from whom plaintiff came into lawful possession of the property, and entitlement of plaintiff to restoration ....
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