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IN THE HIGH COURT OF ORISSA AT CUTTACK
D.DASH
Sucharita Mohanty – Appellant
Versus
Biswajeet Mohanty – Respondent
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| 1. appellant seeks to confirm property ownership. (Para 1 , 3) |
| 2. defendant claims valid purchase of property. (Para 4) |
| 3. trial court views evidence without plaintiff's testimony. (Para 5) |
| 4. plaintiff's application for additional evidence rejected. (Para 6 , 8) |
| 5. appeal does not present substantial questions of law. (Para 9) |
| 6. appeal dismissed with no costs. (Para 10) |
JUDGMENT :
D. DASH, J.
1. The Appellant by filing this Appeal under Section 100 of the Code of Civil Procedure 1908 (for short, ‘the Code’) has assailed the judgment and decree passed by the learned Additional District Judge, Bhubaneswar in RFA No.237 of 2022.
By the same, the Appeal filed by the present Appellant being the unsuccessful Plaintiff in Title Suit No.313 of 1997 of the Court of learned Civil Judge (Senior Division), Bhubaneswar under Section-96 of the Code has been dismissed and thereby, the judgment and decree passed by the learned Civil Judge (Senior Division), Bhubaneswar in Title Suit No.313 of 1997 have been confirmed.
The Appellant as the Plaintiff had filed the suit for declaration that the sale-deed executed by the Respondent No.1 (Defendant No.1) in favour of Respondent no.4 (Defendan
The burden of proof lies with the Plaintiff to substantiate claims, which was not met, affirming the validity of the sale-deeds executed with appropriate legal permissions.
The court upheld the validity of an oral partition, affirming the plaintiff's rightful ownership of jointly purchased property and invalidating a sale-deed executed without her knowledge.
It is trite that once declaration of right, title and interest have been granted in favour of a particular person, person who claims adversarial interest has to show a better title as to why he shoul....
The main legal point established in the judgment is the determination of joint ownership and the validity of the Defendant No. 1's claim of exclusive ownership.
Unregistered sale deeds require evidence of possession transfer to establish title; without such evidence, the claim of ownership is invalid.
A sale deed executed by a minor's guardian without court permission is voidable, permitting the minor to affirm or reject upon reaching majority.
Plaintiff failed to prove ownership and was barred by res judicata from questioning a prior sale.
The sale deed lacking prior permission/sanction of the Court under the Hindu Minority and Guardianship Act, 1956, was found void, and the Plaintiffs' failure to prove possession of the suit land led ....
The sufficiency of unchallenged documentary evidence for establishing title and ownership is critical in property disputes.
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