JUDGMENT

(per Hon'ble The Chief Justice Sri Raghvendra Singh Chauhan)

Aggrieved by the order dated 06.07.2021, passed by the learned Principal Judge, Family Court, Dehradun in Original Suit No.456 of 2021, whereby the learned Family Court has dismissed their application under Order VII Rule 10 & 10-A of C.P.C., the defendants-appellants are before this Court in the present appeal.

2. Briefly, the facts of the case are, that the plaintiffs respondents, Smt. Dimple Negi, and Km. Pari Negi, had filed a civil suit before the Family Court for seeking a declaration that the plaintiffs are the legal heirs of Late Mr. Vishamber Singh, that they have right and interest in the movable and immovable properties of Mr. Vishamber Singh after his death. They had also sought a declaration that they are entitled to the death benefits which would be released by the Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (for short “the ONGC"), defendant No.4. They had further sought a permanent injunction in their favour against defendant Nos.1 to 3, who according to the plaintiffs were the first wife of Late Mr. Vishamber Singh, and his two children from the first wife.

3. According to plaintiff No.1, she met Mr. Vishamber Si