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ARUN MONGA
Amit Kumar – Appellant
Versus
Suresh Kumar – Respondent
JUDGMENT
Arun Monga, J. (Oral)
Petition herein, inter alia, is for setting aside order dated 30.11.2022 passed by Ld. Civil Judge (Junior Division), Karnal, whereby application under Order 7, Rule 11 CPC for rejection of plaint, filed by defendants No.4, 5, 7 & 8 (petitioners herein), was dismissed.
2. Succinct facts first, as pleaded in the revision petition.
2.1. Respondents No.1 to 4 filed a civil suit against petitioners along with proforma respondents for declaration and permanent injunction & mandatory injunction. It is stated that petitioners and respondents are related inter se being legal heirs of their common ancestor Late Sh. Shankar Dass, who had three sons, namely, Singh Ram, Mukand Lal and Rameshwar Dass. Singh Ram was father of respondent No.1 and 2 and grandfather of respondents No.3 and 4. Mukand Lal was father of petitioners No.3 and 4 and grandfather of petitioner No.1 and proforma respondent No.8 and father-in-law of petitioner No.2. Parties to the suit belong to a Hindu family and are governed by Hindu Law. Respondents and petitioners are recorded as co-owners of the land as per their respective shares in the suit land. Further claim of respondents is that the p
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The interpretation of Section 117 of the Punjab Land Revenue Act, 1887 in relation to the timing of the filing of partition applications and pending questions of title before the Civil Court.
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