2026:CGHC:1484-DB Digitally signed by YOGESH YOGESH TIWARI NAFR TIWARI Date:

2026.01.09

18:23:18 HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH AT BILASPUR +0530 Order Reserved on : 19.11.2025 Order Delivered on : 09.01.2026 First Appeal No. 132 of 2016 Sheikh Naim S/o Sheikh Hafeez Kuraishi, aged about 39 years, R/o Khan Dresses Main Road, Dongargaon, Tahsil Dongargaon, District Rajnandgaon (C.G.)

--- Appellant Versus Smt. Ganga Bai Gupta W/o Subhash Chandra Gupta, aged about 48 years, R/o Village Aari, Post Dongargaon, P.S. Dongargaon, Tahsil Dongargaon, District Rajnandgaon (C.G.).

--- Respondent (Cause-title taken from Case Information System)

Hon'ble Smt. Rajani Dubey, Judge Hon'ble Shri Amitendra Kishore Prasad, Judge

C A V Judgment

Per Amitendra Kishore Prasad, J.

1. Heard Mr. Satish Chandra Verma, learned Senior Counsel assisted by Mr. Abhishek Pandey, learned counsel for the appellant and Mr. Gyan Prakash Shukla, learned counsel appearing for the respondent.

2. The appellant has challenged the judgment and decree dated

12.04.2016 (Annexure A/1) passed by the learned District Judge, Rajnandgaon (C.G.) in Civil Suit No. 10-A/2014, whereby the suit instituted by the respondent–plaintiff, Smt. Ganga Bai