IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH
JAGMOHAN BANSAL
Raghubir – Appellant
Versus
State of Haryana – Respondent
JUDGMENT :
JAGMOHAN BANSAL, J.
1. The appellants through instant appeal are seeking setting aside of order dated 30.09.1992 passed by learned Additional District Judge, Bhiwani whereby judgment and decree dated 19.02.1990 passed by learned Sub-Judge, First Class, Bhiwani has been upheld.
2. On 08.07.2025, this Court passed the following order:
“It is submitted by learned counsel for the appellant/plaintiff that the appellant had filed a suit for declaration that the plaintiffs are owners in possession of the suit property, which is an evacuee property. The said property was mortgaged by the appellant to one Didar Singh, who migrated to Pakistan in the year 1945. Learned counsel submits that therefore the said mortgage being usufructuary mortgage, it was open to the appellant to redeem the same at any point of time, and there is no limitation for the same in terms of judgment of the Hon’ble Supreme Court in Singh Ram (D) through LRs vs. Sheo Ram and others Law Finder Doc ID #603373.
Learned counsel for respondent No.3 however, controverts the submissions made by learned counsel for the appellant and submits that as the suit property is evacuee property, and as the appellant/plaintiff had
The power to reject the plaint under Order 7 Rule 11 can be exercised based on the averments of the plaint only, and the defense of the defendants is irrelevant at that stage.
The main legal point established in the judgment is the automatic vesting of property in the custodian under the Evacuee Local Act and Evacuee Separation Act, leading to the extinguishment of the mor....
Evacuee property – Holder of property who never left India for Pakistan, he cannot be an evacuee within meaning of Administration of Evacuee Property Act, 1950.
Redemption of mortgage – Through Legal Representatives, there is no period to seek redemption of a usufructuary mortgage.
The main legal point established in the judgment is that while the Civil Court's jurisdiction was ousted, the plaintiffs could succeed in insisting on following the procedure under Section 12 of the ....
Ownership rights acquired prior to partition are valid, and the jurisdiction of Civil Courts remains intact if property is not declared evacuee property by the custodian.
Advocates appeared :For the Appellant : Y. P. Rathore For the Respondent : Ranjeet Sen
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