GURBIR SINGH
Manoj Kumar Sharma – Appellant
Versus
Manju Kaushik – Respondent
Judgment
Mr. Gurbir Singh, J.
Challenge in this revision petition is to the order dated 19.11.2022 (wrongly mentioned as 15.10.2022) (Annexure P-1), passed by learned Civil Judge (Junior Division), Gurugram (for brevity – Trial Court), whereby application moved by the petitioners/defendants no.4, 6 and 7 (hereinafter referred to as – the defendants), seeking amendment of written statement, has been dismissed.
2. The brief facts of the case are that plaintiffs/respondents no.1 to 3 (hereinafter referred to as – the plaintiffs) filed a suit for declaration and partition against the defendants, seeking consequential relief of permanent injunction inter alia on the ground that the suit property was ancestral property in the hands of their father late Shri Ravi Dutt Sharma, when he inherited the same from his father late Shri Ram Chander Bhardwaj and plaintiffs have co-parcenary rights in the suit property. The plaintiffs have 1/8th share each i.e. 3/8th share in the suit property. The decree dated 10.06.1983 and mutation in the revenue record, pursuant to the said decree, are illegal, null and void and not binding upon the plaintiffs as the said decree was result of fraud. The sons of lat
Amendments to pleadings should be liberally allowed to resolve the real controversy, particularly regarding property ownership derived from a registered Will, which does not create ancestral property....
The burden of proof lies on the party alleging joint family property to establish the property's connection to the ancestral property, as per Hindu law.
The main legal point established is the liberal interpretation of the law on amending written statements to facilitate comprehensive adjudication and the once and for all settlement of disputes.
The presumption of joint family property necessitates proof of individual ownership; without such proof, a child has a right to claim share in ancestral property.
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