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2017 Supreme(Raj) 1100

IN THE HIGH COURT OF RAJASTHAN AT JAIPUR BENCH
Jainendra Kumar Ranka, J.
Smt. Kanchan Devi wife of Shri Bhagwan Sahai Sharma - Appellant
Versus
Pandit Shri Prem Vallabh Sharma - Respondent
S.B. Civil First Appeal No. 159 of 1999
Decided On : 05-05-2017

Advocates Appeared:
For the Appellant :Mr. Ashok Mehta, Sr. Advocate with Mr. Vibhor Kapoor, Advocate.
For the Respondent:Mr. Pradeep Singh, Advocate.

Headnote:

Civil Procedure Code,1908 - Section 96 - Order 7 and 14, Rule 2 and 7 - Sake of arguments - Coparcener in suit property - Delay in assailing order - Appeal is directed against judgment and decree whereby suit for partition and injunction filed by plaintiff-appellant was dismissed upon a preliminary issue which was framed as issue in a suit Court after holding that such issue needs to be decided as a preliminary issue having heard parties held that since plaintiff was daughter of defendant was not a coparcener in suit property and thus not entitled to bring suit for partition - Trial Court further opined that for sake of arguments even - If it is presumed that suit property was personal property of defendant plaintiffs daughter even then plaintiff had no right in suit property during life time of defendant -Thus Trial Court holding that suit was premature at this stage dismissed suit - Held, Defendant has admittedly executed Registered gift deed of portion of property received by him in partition - It has been fully supported by him to have been executed by him and defendant also filed a written statement admitting said facts quoted supra - Thus property being a separate property therefore he was fully competent to execute gift deed in favor of respondent - In court view judgment of Apex Court in case of Others is prospective in nature and would apply in a case where both male coparcener and daughter were living as on - It would be appropriate to quote of said judgment - Accordingly court hold that the rights amendment are applicable to living daughters of living coparceners as on irrespective of when such daughters are born - Disposition or alienation including partitions which may have taken place before as per law applicable prior to said date will remain unaffected - Appeal Dismissed

JUDGMENT :

Mr. Jainendra Kumar Ranka, J.

1. Instant first appeal u/Sec. 96 CPC is directed against the judgment and decree dated 02.11.1998 whereby the suit for partition and injunction filed by the plaintiff-appellant was dismissed upon a preliminary issue which was framed as issue No.3 in a suit which reads as under:-

vk;k izfroknh uacj&1 ds thfor jgrs oknuh dk fookfnr laifRr esa dksbZ LoRo o vf/kdkj ugha gS bl dkj.k okfnuh dks mDr lEifRr ckcr foHkktu dk nkok ykus dk vf/kdkj ugha gS \

2. Learned Trial Court after holding that such issue needs to be decided as a preliminary issue, having heard the parties held that since the plaintiff was daughter of the defendant No.1, was not a coparcener in the suit property and thus not entitled to bring the suit for partition. The Trial Court further opined that for the sake of arguments even, if it is presumed that the suit property was personal property of defendant No.1 plaintiff's daughter, even then the plaintiff had no right in the suit property during the life time of the defendant No.1. Thus, the Trial Court holding that the suit was premature at this stage, dismissed the suit.

3. Learned counsel for the appellant contended that the impugned judgment and decree is bad in law deserves to be reversed and set aside for the reason that though number of issues were raised but the Trial Court took up only issue No.3 and held that the appellant had no right in the property of a father. Counsel contends that the father of the appellant though alive, the suit was filed but he expired lateron and plaintiff being his daughter was entitled to inherit the same.

4. Per-contra, ld. counsel for the respondent vehemently contended that the order passed by the Trial Court was just and proper and since the father was alive, therefore, the facts emerging at the time when the suit was taken up and there was no case of the plaintiff-appellant, had rightly been dismissed by the Trial Court. Counsel contends that if the Trial Court is satisfied on a particular issue, the other issues are not required to be considered.

5. I have heard learned counsel for the parties and have perused the material available on record as well as the impugned judgment and decree in the light of the rival contentions raised at the bar.

6. It would be appropriate to quote para 4 of the plaint which reads as under:-

;g fd okfnuh izfroknh la[;k 1 ,d dh ,d ek= okfjl ,ao mrjkf/kdkfjuh gSA

7. It would also be appropriate to quote a few paragraphs of the written statements filed on behalf of the defendant No.1 “father of the plaintiff” which reads as under :-

1- ;g lgh gS fd eafnj o lEifr esa izfroknh ua- 1 ds iwoZtksa dk foHkktu esa vk/kk Hkkx vk;k Fkk ftldk izfroknh ua- 1 ,d ek= Lokeh o vf/kdkjh gqvkA

3- ;g fd okn i= dk en ua- 3 bl la'kks/ku ds lkFk Lohdkj gS fd eafnj o eq> izfroknh dh lEifr okfnuh dh iSr`d lEifr ugh gSA bl lEifr esa okfnuh dk dksbZ LoRo ;k vf/kdkjh dkuwuu ugha gS vkSj u gks ldrk gSA eq> izfroknh dh lEifr dk feu izfroknh ,d ek= Lokeh o vf/kdkjh gSA okfnuh vFkok vU; fdlh dk eq> izfroknh dh lEifr esa fdlh izdkj dk dksbZ LoRo ;k vf/kdkj drbZ ugha gSA

5- okfnuh dh dksbZ iSr`d lEifr ugha gSA eq> izfroknh ds thoudky esa eq> izfroknh dh lEifr esa okfnuh dk fdlh izdkj dk LoRo ;k vf/kdkj gksus dk loky gh iSnk ugha gksrkA

fo'ks”k fooj.k&

1- ;g fd fookfnr lEifr izfroknh ua- 1 dh iSr`d lEifr gSA okfnuh eq> izfroknh dh iq=h gSA izfroknh ua-1 ds thou dky esa okfnuh dk fookfnr lEifr esa fdlh izdkj dk dksbZ LoRo o vf/kdkj ugha gSA

2- ;g fd feu izfroknh us izfroknh ua- 4 ds gd esa c['kh'kukek LosPNk ls mldh lsokvksa ls izlUu gksdj fcuk fdlh ncko ds jkth [kq'kh gksl gokl ,oa izlUufpr ls vius odhy }kjk fy[kokdj okdk;nk fnuakd 12-12-1995 dks jftLV~h djk;k FkkA vr% c['kh'k dh xbZ lEifr dk izfroknh la- 4 ,d ek= Lokeh gSA bl c['kh'kukes esa gLr{ksi djus dk oknh ;k vU; dks dksbZ vf/kdkj ugha gSA


8. The Trial Court in exercise of power conferred under Order 7, Rule 7 along with Order 14, Rule 2 of CPC proceeded to decide the issue No.3 on facts admitted b










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