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2002 Supreme(Raj) 235

Rajasthan High Court
Honble PRAKASH TATIA, J.
Ram Kumar - Appellant
Versus
Shanker Lal & Ors. - Respondents
S.B. Civil Misc. Appeal No. 895 of 2001
Decided On : February 08, 2002

Advocates Appeared:
B.L. Purohit, for Appellant S.D. Rajpurohit, for Respondents

Headnote:Indian Succession Act, 1925, Sec. 213; C.P.C., Order 39 Rule 1 & 2 – Establishing right as executor or as legatee – Filed application for injunction – Dismissed – Held – Section 213 bars establishing a right as executor or as legatee in any court of justice – This bar does not apply to the person who is not executor or legatee – Will in favour of defendant – Plaintiff not sought any relief of declaring will null and void nor submitted rejoinder denying facts – Possession of the defendant was proved – Will was produced in the High Court – The facts disentitle plaintiff to get injunction.

       Section 213 of the Indian Succession Act, 1925 bars establishing a right as executor or as legatee in any court of justice. This bar does not apply to the person who is not executor or legatee. If a person is facing a suit against himself on the basis of the right claimed as a natural successor of the deceased, is in knowledge of a Will in favour of third party and the defendants, in the suit, is neither executor nor legatee and the defendant by showing that title to the property does not vest in the plaintiff can non-suit the plaintiff, then he will be deprived to take a valuable defendance on the ground that the probate was not obtained by third party in whose favour the Will is there. There may be several instances in which the plaintiff can claim relief only after proving his title and the defendant can non-suit the plaintiff only for want of title vesting in the plaintiff even when the title does not vest in the defendant. In this situation if it is held that unprobated will cannot be looked into then the plaintiff will succeed in his suit without there being title in him and the defendant will be deprived of his property or right by a person having no title vesting in him, therefore, also bar cannot be extended to against third party who is neither executor nor legatee. (Para 21)

Honble TATIA, J.–By this appeal, the appellant has challenged the order of the trial court dated 30.8.2001 by which the learned trial court dismissed injunction application of the plaintiff-appellant.

(2). Brief facts of the case are that the plaintiff filed the suit for partition with respect to the property of one Shri Badridas. How it alleged to have come to the share of the plaintiff is having a chequered history as per the facts of the case. It is stated that Badridas Daga was having immovable properties mentioned in Schedule -`ka annexed to the plaint. Badridas Daga executed a Will on 16.9.1962. After death of Badridas, Badridass wife Smt. Chanda Bai, Badridass brother Ramnath Daga, Ramnaths son Shankerlal presented an application for grant of probate before this Court, upon which the High Court granted probate by order dated 29.10.1968. As per the probate. Smt. Chanda Bai, Ramnath Daga and Shankerlal were appointed as executors as per the provisions of the Will. It was also provided in para No. 4 of the Will that Smt. Chanda Bai will be the owner of the immovable properties situated in the city of Bikaner and the properties mentioned in Schedule -`ka are the properties situated in Bikaner. Therefore, Smt. Chanda Bai became owner of the above property after the death of Badridas. Smt. Chanda Bai expired on 6.1.1993 at Mumbai.

(3). It is alleged by the plaintiff that since Badridas Daga and Smt. Chanda Bai had no issue, therefore, the property was to go in the hands of close relations of Badridas Daga, who was none else than Ramnath Daga, one of the executors of the Will and since Ramnath Daga expired before Smt. Chanda Bai on 26.1.1973, therefore, after the death of Smt. Chanda Bai on 6.1.1993, the property which was originally belonging to Badridas Daga got by Smt. Chanda Bai by virtue of Will dated 16.9.1962, came in the hands of successors of Ramnath Daga. According to the plaintiff, the plaintiff and the defendants No. 1 to 3 are the sons of Ramnath Daga. In these circumstances, the plaintiff is claiming 1/4th share in the entire property mentioned in Schedule-`ka and the defendants No. 1 to 3 are having 1/4th share each According to the plaintiff, the property was never partitioned and the defendant non-petitioners No.1 to 3 are not agreeing for partition and the executors did not acted bonafidely. They have not passed on the benefits to the beneficiaries and, in the above circumstances, the plaintiff requested defendant Nos. 1 to 3 to partition the property but the defendants did not take any interest. Instead of agreeing for partition, the non-applicant No.1 (respondent No.1) through his son defendant No.1 published an advertisement on 28.7.2000 for sale of the Bikaner Glass Factory, one of the properties in dispute, therefore, the plaintiff filed the suit for partition and also submitted an application for injunction that during the pendency of the suit, the respondents be restrained from alienating the property mentioned in Schedule- `ka.

(4). The reply to above application was submitted by respondents Nos. 1 and 4. Respondent No.4 is son of Shankerlal and Badridas Daga is great-grand father of respondent No.4 Shiv Kumar. In reply, the Will dated 16.9.1962 was admitted. It was also admitted that, by the above Will, the property was given to Smt. Chanda Bai and the probate was obtained and it was also admitted that, as per the above Will, Smt. Chanda Bai became the sole owner of the property in dispute but it submitted that Smt. Chanda Bai, before her death on 6.1.1993, executed a Will dated 2.11.1973 and, by this Will, the property was given by Smt. Chanda Bai to respondent No.4 Shiv Kumar, therefore, respondent No.4 has absolute right, title and interest in the property. It was also submitted that respondent No.4 is in exclusive possession of the property of deceased Smt. Chanda Bai. It is further submitted that respondent No.4 was living with Smt. Chanda Bai since his childhood.

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