Chhabi Podder vs Krishna Podder - 2015 Supreme(Tri) 700

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2015 Supreme(Tri) 700

DEEPAK GUPTA
Chhabi Podder – Appellant
Versus
Krishna Podder – Respondent

Advocates:
Advocate Appeared:
Mr. D. K. Biswas, Adv., Mr. S. Lodh, Adv.
Mr. K. N. Bhattacharji, Sr. Adv., Mr. A. Das, Adv., Mr. N. Majumder, Adv.

Judgement Key Points

Certainly. Here are the key points derived from the provided legal document:

The case involves a dispute over the ownership and possession of a property originally owned by the defendant, which was sold to her mother-in-law and subsequently gifted to the plaintiff through a registered gift deed (!) (!) .
The defendant's argument that the sale was a paper transaction and that the mother-in-law never became owner was rejected by the courts, supported by the defendant's own admission that the sale deed was registered and that the mother-in-law became the owner (!) (!) (!) .
The validity of the gift deed was challenged on the grounds that it was executed when the donor was unwell and that no possession was delivered, making the gift allegedly incomplete (!) (!) .
The courts held that delivery of possession is not a mandatory requirement for a valid gift of immovable property, and the law permits a gift to be valid even without possession transfer, provided other legal formalities are met (!) (!) (!) .
The courts found that the gift deed was properly executed, accepted, and not challenged within a reasonable time, thereby affirming its validity (!) (!) .
The issue of whether the plaintiff was in possession was clarified: the plaintiff was entitled to possession based on the valid gift deed, and the defendants' possession was deemed permissive, turning into trespassers only when asked to vacate (!) (!) .
The courts dismissed the appeal, upheld the original judgment, and awarded costs, emphasizing that the defendants' delay in vacating the property was unjustified and that the gift deed's validity was established by law (!) .

These points summarize the core legal findings and reasoning of the case without referencing specific case law.

ORDER :

Briefly stated the facts of the case are that the plaintiff, Shri Krishna Podder (respondent No.1) in this appeal filed a suit against her sister-in-law Chhabi Podder and brother Shri Benoy Krishna Podder, husband of the defendant No.1 as well as the Deputy Collector, Sadar Revenue Circle, who was respondent No.3 in the suit.

[2] In this suit it was alleged that the scheduled property was originally owned by Chhabi Podder. She sold this property on 09.07.1975 to her mother-in-law, Sakhin Bala Podder for a consideration of Rs.9,000/-. It is further alleged that though Sakhin Bala Podder became owner of the suit property she permitted her elder son, defendant No.2, husband of the defendant No.1 to continue to possess the said land but this possession was permissive possession. The scheduled land was mutated in favour of the Sakhin Bala Podder. Thereafter on 09.07.1991 Sakhin Bala Pada executed a gift deed in favour of the plaintiff in respect of the suit land and many other pieces of land. On the same date she also executed another gift deed in favour of Shri Shyama Prashad Podder, another son of Sakhin Bala Podder. Thereafter, the plaintiff requested her brother to vacate the