THE HIGH COURT OF SIKKIM : GANGTOK
MEENAKSHI MADAN RAI
Karmapa Charitable Trust – Appellant
Versus
State of Sikkim – Respondent
| Table of Content |
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| 1. petitioners contest prior court orders (Para 1 , 3) |
| 2. supreme court's directions on repairs (Para 4) |
| 3. trial court exceeded jurisdiction (Para 5 , 6) |
| 4. orders quashed; new report deadline set (Para 7 , 8) |
| 5. judgment concludes and transmits information (Para 9 , 10) |
ORDER :
Meenakshi Madan Rai, J.
1. Two Orders are being assailed before this Court in the instant Petition;
(i) Order dated 20-06-2023, of the Court of the Learned District Judge, at Namchi, in Title Suit No.04 of 2022 ( Karmapa Charitable Trust and 3 Others vs. State of Sikkim and 3 Others ), which was to decide an application filed by the Petitioners on 15-03-2023 before the Learned Trial Court. Vide the Application the Petitioners sought to cross-examine the Local Commissioner, in view of his interim report dated 05-12-2022.
(ii) The second Order that is impugned before this Court is dated 20-05-2024, which was to decide an application filed by the Petitioners under Section 151 of the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 (hereinafter the, “CPC”), seeking directions of the Court to restrain the Defendant No.3 from carrying out any demolition/alteration/construction in the suit property in violation of the stat
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