ITEM NO.11 Court 11 (Video Conferencing) SECTION XVI-A S U P R E M E C O U R T O F I N D I A RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS Petition(s) for Special Leave to Appeal (C) No(s). 20075/2021 (Arising out of impugned final judgment and order dated 30-07-2021 in OW104 No. 46/2013 passed by the High Court of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh at Jammu)

VIPAN AGGARWAL & ANR. Petitioner(s)

VERSUS RAMAN GANDOTRA & ORS. Respondent(s)

(FOR ADMISSION and I.R. )

Date : 11-12-2021 This petition was called on for hearing today.

CORAM :

HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE HEMANT GUPTA HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE V. RAMASUBRAMANIAN For Petitioner(s) Mr. Ninad Laud, Adv.

Mr. Sahil Tagotra, AOR Mr. Rahul Sharma, Adv.

Mr. Ivo MS D'Costa, Adv.

Mr. Avinash Mathews, Adv.

For Respondent(s)

UPON hearing the counsel the Court made the following

O R D E R

Learned counsel for the petitioners relies upon a judgment of this Court reported in (1993) 1 SCC 581 titled ‘Banwari Lal Vs. Chando Devi (Smt.) (Through LRs.) & Anr.’ to contend that the option with the petitioners was to approach the Court which passed the compromise decree as well as to file an appeal. Once the petitioners have invoked the jurisdiction of the Court which passed the compromise decree, the peti