ARUN MONGA
Punjab State Electricity Board – Appellant
Versus
Pushwinder Kaur @ Pushpinder Kaur (died) Through LRs – Respondent
JUDGMENT
Mr. Arun Monga, J.
Lis herein is over the rival claims of ownership of suit land viz. right of appellants set up on the basis of possession vis-a-vis the rights/title of the plaintiffs-respondents, as mentioned in the revenue record entries.
Adjudication of the dispute inter-alia pivots on the following important questions of law :-
2. This common judgement/order will dispose of three cases, as they arise out of the same suit proceedings i.e. i). Regular Second appeal be
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The court affirmed that the state can claim adverse possession, emphasizing the necessity for plaintiffs to prove their title and possession to succeed in such suits.
Amendments to pleadings under Order VI Rule 17 of CPC allow for alternate defenses like adverse possession, provided they are substantiated in pleadings; courts should be liberal in permitting such a....
The necessity of framing substantial questions of law in second appeals is mandated, and mere long-term possession does not equate to adverse possession without requisite proofs of hostility.
Adverse possession requires proof of open, continuous, and hostile possession with the necessary animus, which the petitioner failed to establish.
The judgment emphasizes the legal principles of adverse possession, including the requirements of open, clear, continuous, and hostile possession, burden of proof, and the need for a substantial ques....
A person who has set a title in himself cannot be permitted to alternatively plea perfection of title by adverse possession.
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