IN THE HIGH COURT OF HIMACHAL PRADESH AT SHIMLA
HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE BIPIN CHANDER NEGI
Gopal Aggarwal – Appellant
Versus
Leela Devi – Respondent
JUDGMENT :
Bipin Chander Negi, J.
Both these appeals under section 100 of the Code of Civil Procedure (for short, CPC), have assailed the judgment and decree dated 21.11.2022 passed by the Learned Additional District Judge, Nahan, District Sirmaur H.P. in Civil Appeal No. 63-N/13 of 2022 affirming the judgment and decree dated 26-09-2019 passed by the Learned Senior Civil Judge, Paonta Sahib, District Sirmaur, H.P. in Civil Suit No. 91/1 of 2014.Hence they are being taken up together.
2. The brief facts of the case are that Shri Mohan Lal, son of Shri Pyare Lal, was a permanent resident of Amarpur Mohallah, Nahan. He later shifted to Paonta Sahib and worked as a Document Writer in the courts there. Mohan Lal purchased land measuring 8 biswas through a sale deed dated 07.04.1993, registered on 13.04.1993, from Smt. Karam Kaur (widow of Shri Nazar Singh), Gurcharan Singh, Nirmal Singh (sons of Shri Nazar Singh), Kumari Hardeep Kaur, Smt. Balbir Kaur, and Smt. Charanjeet Kaur (daughters of Shri Nazar Singh), residents of Village Kunja, Tehsil Paonta Sahib, for Rs.17,500/-, comprised in Khata Khatauni No. 67/83, Khasra No. 181, situated at Mauza Kunja. Mohan Lal constructed a house on par
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