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IN THE HIGH COURT OF ORISSA AT CUTTACK
A.C.BEHERA
State of Orissa – Appellant
Versus
Pitambar Maikap – Respondent
| Table of Content |
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| 1. second appeal context and parties involved (Para 1 , 2 , 3) |
| 2. plaintiffs' claim over suit properties (Para 4) |
| 3. defendants' argument against plaintiffs' claim (Para 5 , 6) |
| 4. trial court's findings and decrees (Para 7 , 8) |
| 5. first appellate court's dismissal of appeal (Para 9 , 10) |
| 6. substantial question of law regarding injunction (Para 12 , 18) |
| 7. legal principles relevant to injunction cases (Para 14 , 15) |
| 8. court's decision on type of injunction (Para 21 , 22) |
| 9. conclusion and order on appeal (Para 23) |
JUDGMENT :
This second appeal has been preferred against the confirming judgment.
The respondents in this second appeal were the plaintiffs before the Trial Court in the suit vide T.S. No.390 of 1988-I and respondents before the First Appellate Court in the First Appeal vide T.A. No.25 of 1990.
4. According to the plaintiffs, the suit properties described in Schedule ‘Ka’ of the plaint are their properties. The said properties were gained by gradual accretion to the holdings of the plaintiffs from the recess of river Palpala in the process of alluvion and after accretion of the suit properties to the holdings of the plaintiffs, the same remained under their possessio
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A dismissal of an earlier suit without merit does not preclude subsequent claims; the plea of adverse possession admits the owner's title.
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