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IN THE HIGH COURT OF ORISSA AT CUTTACK
A.C.BEHERA
Vikas Kumar Saha – Appellant
Versus
Sunil Kumar Saha – Respondent
| Table of Content |
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| 1. background of the appeal and parties involved. (Para 1 , 2 , 3) |
| 2. details of the suit and defendant's arguments. (Para 4 , 5 , 6 , 7 , 8) |
| 3. trial court's dismissal of the plaint and its basis. (Para 9 , 10 , 11 , 12) |
| 4. questions of law and appeal grounds. (Para 14 , 15 , 16 , 17) |
| 5. limitations on appeal and merits of the case. (Para 18 , 19) |
| 6. ownership disputes based on the arbitrator's award. (Para 20 , 21 , 22) |
| 7. legal definitions of movable vs immovable property. (Para 23 , 24 , 25) |
| 8. judicial reasoning on plaint rejection under cpc. (Para 26 , 27 , 28) |
| 9. final judgment dismissing the appeal. (Para 29 , 30 , 31) |
JUDGMENT :
A.C. BEHERA, J.
1. This 2nd appeal has been preferred against the confirming judgment.
2. The predecessor of the appellants in this 2nd appeal, i.e., Naresh Prasad Saha, was the sole plaintiff before the learned trial court in the suit vide C.S. No.290 of 2005 and after the death of Naresh Prasad Saha his legal heirs preferred the 1st appeal vide RFA No.16 of 2018 being the appellants.
The parents of the respondents in this 2nd appeal were the defendants before the learned trial court in the suit vide C.S. No.290 of 2005 and the respondents befo
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