JUDGMENT :

Heard Mr. R. Lalnunpuia, learned counsel for the appellant along with Mr. Vanlalnghaka, learned counsel for the respondent.

2. This is an appeal filed under Section 96 of the Code of Civil Procedure read with Section 17 of the Mizoram Civil Courts Act against the Judgment & Order dated 20.10.2021 passed by the learned Senior Civil Judge-IV, Aizawl in Eviction Suit No. 6/2015.

3. The case of the plaintiff/respondent before the learned trial court is that plaintiff/respondent and her late husband Ran Bahadur Gharty were married according to the Customary Law of Mizo rites and customs, by paying Bride Price and their marriage as solemnized according to the Mizo Christian Practices at Church on 01/06/1980. The acknowledgement of their marriage is issued by the Secretary, Village Council Court, Saitual, Aizawl District. The plaintiff/respondent is stated to be a self-employed woman and she bought a plot of land from her near relative with a hut standing therein at Saitual Chhim Veng, Aizawl District in the year 1985 wherein she constructed an RCC building with her hard earned money. A Land Settlement Certificate was issued in favour of the plaintiff/respondent by the Department