IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE FOR RAJASTHAN AT JAIPUR
SUDESH BANSAL, J.
Radha Mohan Lal S/o Shri Nand Kishore Sharma – Appellant
Versus
Shri Narain S/o Pooran Chand – Respondent
S.B. Civil Second Appeal No. 134 of 1983
Decided On : 03-07-2023
Civil Procedure Code,1908 - Section 100 - Joint property - Double story Haveli - Suit for permanent injunction and for demolition of construction - Decreed - Whether present suit for injunction and demolition is maintainable and whether instead a suit for partition should have been filed? - Held, When defendant is having disputed construction and possession over joint portion of Haveli in question since prior to 1969 when present suit was filed, it would be injustice to allow demolition of his construction, more so when plaintiff and his brothers have raised other new constructions on other joint portion of Haveli in question - It is not lawful to sustain impugned decree - it is hereby observed that construction made by defendant on alleged joint portion of chawk, pol and open land in Haveli in question would remain subject to final adjudication of rights of parties in any other lis or future lis relating to the partition of Haveli in question, among successors/legal representatives including legal representatives of plaintiff and defendant and other surviving co-sharers of Haveli in question - Second appeal succeeds - Civil suit dismissed
JUDGMENT :
SUDESH BANSAL, J.
1. The civil suit for permanent injunction and for demolition of construction allege to be made on the joint portion of Chawk, Pol and open land, bearing Civil Suit No. 135/1969 titled as Shri Narain vs. Radha Mohan Lal was dismissed by the Civil Judge (Jr. Division) East Jaipur City (hereinafter referred to “the Trial Court”) vide judgment and decree dated 26.08.1976 but on filing the first appeal by the plaintiff-Shri Narain, the First Appellate Court set aside the judgment and decree dated 26.08.1976 passed by the Trial Court and decreed the civil suit in favour of plaintiff and against the defendant vide judgment and decree dated 16.04.1983 (19.04.1983), hence feeling aggrieved by the decree for demolition of construction, the original defendant-Radha Mohan Lal has preferred the present civil second appeal under Section 100 CPC. The operative portion of the impugned judgment and decree dated 16.04.1983 (19.04.1983) passed by the First Appellate Court in Civil First Appeal No. 4/1977 is being extracted hereunder:
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2. Necessary and relevant facts, as culled out from the record, are that:
2.1 Original respondent-plaintiff Shri Narain happens to be nephew of original appellant-defendant Shri Radha Mohan Lal and he instituted the present civil suit way back on 10.03.1969 stating inter-alia that in the double story Haveli north facing situated near Kabristan Agra Road, Jaipur, separate house of both parties are constructed but Chawk, Pol and open land in front of pole and land of back portion of the Haveli are joint property of parties.
2.2 Plaintiff pleaded in the plaint, inter-alia that the defendant has raised construction of covered pakka porch, stairs and chabutara etc. without his consent on the joint property of Chawk, Pol, and open land of front side of Haveli. Such disputed construction was shown by cross lines in red colour in the map appended with the plaint (Ex.1) and description of same was mentioned in Para 2 ¼d] [k ,oa x½ of the plaint. It is worthy to take note that basically the plaintiff sought demolition of disputed construction alleging it to be made by the defendant on the joint portion of Chauk and open land, in order to maintain, restore and protect the joint use and possession of such common portion and incidentally, also prayed for the decree of permanent injunction not to deprive the plaintiff in future from use and occupation of joint property. It would be apposite to reproduce the relief prayed for by the plaintiff in the plaint at verbatim hereunder:
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