GAUTAM KUMAR CHOUDHARY
Chandrakanta Devi – Appellant
Versus
Sarwajit Saflta – Respondent
JUDGMENT :
Gautam Kumar Choudhary, J.
1. This appeal is preferred by the plaintiff against the judgment of reversal. Plaintiff’s declaratory suit for title and recovery of possession was decreed by the learned trial Court and reversed in appeal.
2. The parties shall be referred to by their original placement in the suit and will include their legal representatives substituted at different stages.
PLAINTIFF’S CASE
3. Plaintiff is the mother and the suit has been brought against her son for the declaration of title and possession over the ground floor of a double storied building, detailed in the plaint, on the basis of a sale deed executed by her husband, and father of the defendant on 13.10.2006. After the said purchase, plaintiff got it mutated in the Anchal and is paying rent to the State.
4. The said property was self-acquired property of her husband Ganesh Prasad and was purchased by plaintiff from her own savings and stridhan property and got her name mutated in the anchal. After the said property was purchased both her sons started quarrelling with the plaintiff and consequently, the suit for declaration and recovery of possession was filed.
DEFENDANT’S CASE
5. The case of the defend
Vimal Chand Ghevar Chand Jain & Others Versus Ramakant Eknath Jadoo
The presumption of due execution of a registered sale deed lies with the plaintiff, and the burden of proof rests on the defendant to rebut this presumption.
The property standing in a woman's name is presumed to be her absolute property under Section 14 of the Hindu Succession Act, 1956, unless credible contrary evidence is provided.
(1) If a Hindu male inherits property in accordance with Section 8 of Hindu Succession Act, 1956, property so inherited by him would be his self-acquired property and it cannot be considered as ances....
A registered owner's title cannot be defeated by fraudulent claims of death and misrepresentation by family members regarding property ownership.
The plaintiff must establish how fraud was committed and the relevance of consensus ad idem in executing the sale deed in a property dispute.
The validity of a registered sale deed is presumed and the burden of proving its invalidity due to fraud lies on the challengers.
The execution and validity of a Will require strict adherence to statutory provisions, including proper attestation, which was not proven in this case, rendering the claimed interests void.
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