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BHASKAR RAJ PRADHAN
Duk Nath Nepal – Appellant
Versus
Chandra Shekhar Nepal – Respondent
JUDGMENT
Bhaskar Raj Pradhan, J. - The present appeal assails the impugned order dated 28.08.2019 passed by the learned District Judge, Special Division-I, East Sikkim at Gangtok in Title Suit No. 15 of 2018 allowing an application (the application ) under order VII Rule 11 read with section 151 of the Code of CIVIL PROCEDURE CODE , 1908 (CPC) rejecting the plaint.
2. The appellant had filed a suit under section 9 and 16(e) read with section 151 CPC seeking the following reliefs:-
a. A decree declaring to pay compensation of amount of Rs.14,80,000/- (Rupees fourteen lakhs eighty thousand only) by the Defendant Nos.1, 2 and 3 to the Plaintiff, along with the interest of 5% per month from the date of filing till the date of disposal,
b. A decree declaring that the said old canal is an ancestral canal,
c. A decree declaring to open/restore the old canal by the Defendant No.1 being an easementary right,
d. Pass such necessary order and orders of reliefs to which the Plaintiff is entitled to in law and in equity according to law in the interest of justice.
3. The appellant had stated in the plaint that in the end of year 2011, the respondent no.1 - a local contractor, blocked the generation o
Suits for declaratory rights concerning easements are subject to a three-year limitation period from the date of obstruction or diversion.
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A suit can be rejected if it is barred by limitation, and the limitation period begins when the right to sue first accrues, emphasizing the need for timely legal action.
The main legal point established in the judgment is that the right to sue first accrues when the fact first comes to the knowledge of the plaintiff, and if a suit is filed beyond the limitation perio....
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