IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS
P.B.BALAJI
Balakrishnan – Appellant
Versus
Parameshwari – Respondent
JUDGMENT :
P.B. BALAJI, J.
The unsuccessful defendant before the trial Court as well as the Appellate Court, is the appellant in the present second appeal
2. For the sake of convenience, the parties are referred to as per their rank before the trial Court.
3. The facts that are necessary for deciding the present second appeal, briefly:
4.The case of the plaintiff:
The plaintiff is the owner of Schedule A property, he having purchased a portion of vacant site of an extent of 1312 sq.ft. from the defendant. The plaintiff has constructed RCC building to an extend of 920.4 sq.ft in schedule B of the suit property, with the remaining portion being vacant. He also constructed a half foot compound wall, which is set out in C schedule Property. The defendant however is claiming right over the vacant site left by the plaintiff in the C schedule property, despite having sold the same to the plaintiff. In March 2017, taking advantages of the plaintiff's absence, the defendant constructed a pucca building above the compound wall, belonging to the plaintiff and also planted drainage pipes in the vacant place and the defendant has constructed one storey building above the compound wall situated in C s



Mandatory injunction maintainable for encroachment removal without possession prayer when ownership admitted and damages inadequate.
Courts affirmed the principle that lack of exclusive rights over property precludes unauthorized construction, validating the injunction against encroachment.
Ownership and possession claims necessitate substantiation of evidence regarding alleged encroachment and property boundaries.
The plaintiff must prove ownership and encroachment claims effectively; mere possession does not suffice without credible evidence.
Failure to establish clear evidence of encroachment precludes granting mandatory injunction.
The central legal point established in the judgment is that encroachments on common property and the extension of property over and above a family temple warrant the granting of mandatory injunction,....
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