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2015 Supreme(Raj) 228

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE FOR RAJASTHAN AT JODHPUR
VINEET KOTHARI, J.
Kanti Lal & Ors. – Appellants
vs.
L.Rs of Deepchand & ors. – Respondents
CIVIL FIRST APPEAL NO.78/1986
Decided On : 24.03.2015

Advocates:
Advocate Appeared:
For the Appellant/Plaintiffs : Mr. Manish Shishodia, Mr. Vikram Singh
For the Respondents/Defendants:Mr. L.R. Mehta, Sr. Advocate with Mr. V.L. Thanvi

Headnote:

Civil Procedure Code, 1908 - Section 96 - Indian Trust Act, 1882 - Section 8 - Transfer of Property Act, 1882 - Section 6 - Indian Contract Act, 1872 - Section 23 - - Trust Deed - Suit for Cancellation of sale deed - Case set up by plaintiff before learned trial court is that residential house in question was an ancestral property and a Trust was created for benefit of plaintiff No & by their father in the year and three trustees his elder brother and defendant No & one were made trustees vide Trust Deed dated and in view of said Trust Deed father of plaintiffs could not sell said residential house on in favour of son-in-law and his brother defendant nos and respectively - Learned trial court however held that said Trust could not be created as same was in violation of Section 8 of Indian Trust Act 1882 as property being ancestral was not transferable in favour of beneficiaries sons by father alone and therefore as a Karta of the family said could transfer residential house for consideration in favour of defendant No and by registered sale deed and therefore cancellation of sale deed was refused and suit came to be dismissed by learned trial court on - Learned counsels appearing for respondent-defendants-purchasers submitted that defendant No and are bonafide purchasers for consideration without notice of creation of Trust and Trust so created was not a valid Trust & was hit by Section 8 of Indian Trust Act 1882 - Learned counsels for respondent-defendants submitted that so called Trust created on was never made effective and was still born and therefore - Held, In considered opinion of this Court present first appeal of plaintiffs has no force and same is liable to be dismissed for simple reason that incapacity to sell ancestral residential house of Maanmal claimed by plaintiffs-sons on ground of creation of a Trust in their favour way back on is not tenable as creation of such Trust is clearly hit by Section 8 of Indian Trusts Act 1882 & same was an illegal or void Trust - As far as question raised by plaintiffs about consideration not received for joint family business firm is concerned, suffice it to say that consideration having been received by seller is sufficient to uphold sale of house in question by registered sale deed dated and how that money was utilized by him whether for joint family business of old shop M/s Brothers or new joint family shop in name of M/s is not a ground to upset said sale - This Court therefore, fully concurs with findings of learned trial court recorded in this regard as quoted above - Present first appeal filed by plaintiffs under Section 96 CPC is therefore found to be devoid of merit and same is hereby dismissed - Petition Dismissed.

JUDGMENT :

1. The present first appeal has been filed by the plaintiffs having lost before the learned trial court in the present suit filed for cancellation of sale deed executed by the plaintiff's father Maanmal in favour of defendant no.1 Deep Chand for the consideration of Rs.20,000/-, which was borrowed by Maanmal purportedly for the joint family business under the name & style of M/s Bagrecha Brothers and/or M/s Navneet Chand Ashok Kumar.

2. The plaintiffs Kanti Lal @ Navneet Chand and Ashok Kumar are sons of seller Maanmal and Smt. Laxmi Bai @ Vijay Laxmi – plaintiff no.3 is one of the daughters of Maanmal, who is wife of defendant No.1 Deep Chand, whereas, defendant No.1 and 2 – Deep Chand and Dhirajmal are purchasers of the suit property, a residential house situated at Bali and defendant No.3, Smt. Shobha Kumari is another daughter of Maanmal, defendant no.4 Roopchand is elder brother of Maanmal and defendant No.5 – Vijay Chand s/o Chunnilal is another close relative being brother of maternal grand father of plaintiff No.1, Kanti Lal.

3. The case set up by the plaintiff before the learned trial court is that the residential house in question was an ancestral property and a Trust was created for the benefit of the plaintiff No.1 & 2, Kanti Lal and Ashok Kumar by their father Maanmal in the year 1957 and three trustees, his elder brother Roop Chand and defendant No.5 – Vijay Chand & one Shiv Lal were made trustees vide Trust Deed dated 23/12/1957 and in view of the said Trust Deed, the father of the plaintiffs, Maanmal could not sell the said residential house on 21/9/1971 in favour of son-in-law Deep Chand and his brother Dhirajmal, defendant nos. 1 and 2 respectively.

4. The learned trial court, however, held that the said Trust could not be created as the same was in violation of Section 8 of the Indian Trust Act, 1882 as the property being ancestral was not transferable in favour of the beneficiaries sons by the father Maanmal alone and, therefore, as a Karta of the family, said Maanmal could transfer the residential house for consideration in favour of defendant no.1 and 2 by the registered sale deed and, therefore, the cancellation of the sale deed was refused and the suit came to be dismissed by the learned trial court on 15/5/1986. the relevant findings of the learned trial court in this regard are quoted below for ready reference:-

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