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DEEPAK GUPTA
Siri Bhagwan – Appellant
Versus
Murti Devi (dead) through LRs – Respondent
| Table of Content |
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| 1. overview of property ownership and dispute (Para 1 , 2 , 3) |
| 2. procedural history of prior lawsuits (Para 4 , 5 , 6) |
| 3. appellate findings regarding family settlement (Para 7 , 8 , 9 , 10) |
| 4. arguments regarding validity of consent decree (Para 11 , 12) |
| 5. emergence of substantial question of law (Para 13 , 14) |
| 6. evidence assessing the validity of family settlement (Para 15 , 16 , 17 , 18) |
| 7. the court's reasoning on gift and registration law (Para 19 , 20) |
| 8. confirmation of legal principles regarding gifts (Para 21 , 22 , 23) |
| 9. dismissal of the appeal and upholding of lower court ruling (Para 24) |
JUDGMENT :
Deepak Gupta, J. - Defendant No.1 of the case is in this appeal against the judgment of reversal. In fact this RSA No.382 of 1992 was disposed of by a co-ordinate Bench of this Court vide judgment dated 13.12.2006 but on the appeal filed by the plaintiff before Hon'ble Supreme Court, the matter was remanded for fresh decision with the direction to formulate substantial question of law and then to decide it afresh. In order to avoid confusion, parties shall be referred as per their status before learned trial Court.
2. Data Ram alias Kalu had three sons namely Lalia,
Consent decrees based on family settlements cannot be challenged on procedural grounds but only on proven fraud.
Consent decrees based on family settlements cannot be challenged on incorrect facts unless fraud is proven; registration is not required for such decrees when they involve pre-existing rights.
The judgment emphasizes the importance of evidence in establishing fraud and misrepresentation, the definition of family for the purpose of family settlement, and the requirement of compulsory regist....
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