Hakim Din vs Akbar Noor

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2023 Supreme(J&K) 723

JAVED IQBAL WANI
Hakim Din – Appellant
Versus
Akbar Noor – Respondent

Advocates:
Advocate Appeared:
For the Appellant : Rajesh Bhushan
For the Respondent: Abhishek Wazir

Table of Content
1. challenging the trial court's order. (Para 1 , 2 , 3)
2. opposition to impleadment based on time constraints. (Para 4 , 6)
3. distinctions between order-i r-10(2) and order-xxii r-4 cpc. (Para 5 , 7 , 8 , 9)
4. application for substitution based on legal principles. (Para 10)
5. resolution: petition allowed and trial court's order set aside. (Para 11)

JUDGEMENT

1. Through the medium of the instant revision petition filed under Section 115 of CPC, the petitioner has thrown challenge to order dated 14.07.2011 (for short, 'the impugned order') passed by the court of Sub-Judge Rajouri (for short, 'the trial court') in case titled as "Hakam Din vs. Mohd. Rafiq & Ors.".

2. The facts emerging from the petition would reveal that the petitioner herein filed a suit as plaintiff for declaration and possession against three defendants including defendant 1 namely Mohd. Rafiq.

3. The plaintiff/petitioner herein during the pendency of the suit filed an application for impleadment of the legal heirs of the defendant Mohd. Rafiq on the premise that the said defendant had died and since succession has opened up to the legal heirs of the deceased defendant in terms of Muslim law of inhe