IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Reserved on: 17.02.2026 Pronounced on: 27.02.2026 ASHA DEVI AND ANOTHER ....Petitioners Versus BALRAM SAHAI ...Respondent CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE PARMOD GOYAL Present: Mr. Vikas Mohan Gupta, Advocate for the petitioners.

Mr. Vrishank Suri, Advocate for respondent-caveator.

Parmod Goyal, J. (Oral)

Petitioners/defendants are aggrieved by impugned order dated

18.11.2025 (Annexure P-1) passed by learned Civil Judge (Junior Division), Ludhiana, vide which their application under Order VII Rule 11 CPC was dismissed. Petitioners/defendants in their application under Order VII Rule 11 CPC had sought rejection of plaint, on the ground, that respondent/plaintiff has failed to disclose cause of action and that suit is barred by limitation.

2. It is asserted that since the stand taken by respondent/plaintiff is in violation of Prohibition of Benami Property Transactions Act, 1988, therefore, under Section 4 of the said Act no suit is maintainable with the Civil Courts, hence plaint is liable to be rejected on this ground also.

3. Learned Court below has rejected all the three grounds and had accordingly dismissed the application preferred by p