IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Rajinder Singh and Others . . . . Appellants Vs.

Smt. Vidya Devi and Another . . . . Respondents ****

Reserved on: 13.01.2026 Pronounced on: 19.01.2026 Pronounced fully/opera8ve part: Fully ****

CORAM: HON’BLE MR JUSTICE DEEPAK GUPTA Argued by:- Mr. Pritam Singh Saini, Advocate and Mr. Deepak Saini, Advocate for the appellants.

Mr. Amit Jain, Senior Advocate with Ms. Aeshna Jain, Advocate for respondent No.1.

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DEEPAK GUPTA, J.

Background : The defendants of the suit are before this Court in the present second appeal, assailing the judgment and decree passed by the learned Addi*onal District Judge, Hisar dated 29.10.1997, whereby the appeal filed by the plain*ff–respondent Smt. Vidya Devi (respondent herein) was ac- cepted; the judgment and decree dated 08.02.1995 passed by the learned Trial Court of Sub Judge 1^st Class dismissing the suit were set aside, and the suit for declara*on was decreed.

2. For the sake of convenience and to avoid confusion, the par*es are being referred to as per their status before the Trial Court. The Trial Court record, as available on the DMS, has been perused.

3.1 Admi(cid:16)ed facts : The factual matri