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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. ownership dispute and historical context (Para 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 , 6) |
| 2. defendants' petition for rejection of plaint (Para 7 , 8) |
| 3. appeal's context and parties' substitution (Para 11 , 12) |
| 4. jurisdiction limitations regarding plaint rejection (Para 17 , 18) |
| 5. rejection of meaningless litigation under order-7 rule-11 (Para 19 , 27) |
| 6. final dismissal of the appeal (Para 30 , 31) |
JUDGMENT :
A.C. Behera, J.
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 before the learned 1st appellate court in the 1st appeal vide RFA No.16 of 2018. When, during the pendency of the 1st appeal, the parents of the respondents expired, then, the respondents in this 2nd appeal were substituted in their places.
3. The proper
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