Supreme Court of India

Bakhtawar Singh and Anr. v. Sada Kaur and Anr.

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Reported as [1996] SUPP. 5 S.C.R. 235
Bench N.P. Singh J.
Decided 28 August 1996

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What the Court ordered

For the reasons stated above the appeal fails and is hereby dismissed.

Judgment, page 6

From the headnote

Limitation Act, 1963: Article 65 and Section 14. Adverse possession-Plaintiffs withdrew earlier suit with permis­ sion-Fresh suit filed-Meanwhile, defendant peifected title by adverse pos- session-Plaintiff claimed exclusion of time under S.14-Held: Fresh suit barred by limitation-Plaintiffs failed to show that permission to withdraw suit was granted in accordance with 0.23 Rl(3) CPC-Nor the essential for taking benefit of S.14 satisfied-Code of Civil Procedure, 1908, 0 23R1(3). The suit land was the ancestral land originally belonging to one who djed leaving behind five sons. The defendant·

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