IN THE HIGH COURT OF GUJARAT AT AHMEDABAD
J. C. DOSHI
Nileshbhai Ramanbhai Lad – Appellant
Versus
Niruben Mohanbhai Lad – Respondent
JUDGMENT :
J. C. DOSHI, J.
A. IMPUGNED JUDGMENT AND DECREE:-
1. The present Second Appeal calls in question the legality and propriety of the judgment and decree rendered by the learned Principal District Judge, Navsari, in Regular Civil Appeal No. 52 of 2009, whereby the appellate Court reversed the judgment and decree passed by the learned Principal Senior Civil Judge, Gandevi, in Regular Civil Suit No. 95 of 2003. For the sake of brevity and convenience, the parties shall hereinafter be referred to in their original nomenclature as they stood before the learned Trial Court.
B. BRIEF FACTS OF THE CASE:-
2. Smt. Niruben Mohanbhai Lad, instituted Regular Civil Suit No. 95 of 2003 before the learned Civil Court, seeking possession and ancillary reliefs in respect of a residential property situated at village Waghrech, Kumbharwad, Taluka Gandevi, District Navsari, bearing Gram Panchayat House No. 269 (new No. 447), admeasuring approximately 1040 sq. ft., and bounded by the properties of Durlabhbhai Bhanabhai Prajapati on the east, Sukhabhai Haribhai on the west, a Gram Panchayat road on the north, and agricultural land of Zina Vishram Tandel on the south. The said property was purchased b
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