Supreme Court of India

Gopalankutty Nair and Ors. v. Kunhirama Tharakan and Ors.

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Reported as [2000] 2 S.C.R. 103
Bench S. Saghir Ahmad and D.P. Mohapatra JJ.
Decided 3 March 2000

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What the Court ordered

Accordingly, we allow the appeal, set aside the impugned judgment and decree passed by the High Comt and remand the case to the trial court for disposal afresh in tl1e manner aforesaid.

Judgment, page 8

From the headnote

Constitution of India, 1950-Article 136-Inteiference-Remittance of matter to the trial court-When necessary-Question arose whether the suit land as alleged to have been trespassed upon by the first respondent was a part of the common bund-This question covered by one of the issues framed by the trial court-The trial court and the High Court did not decide this point-But the High Court, to put an end to the controversy between the parties over the common bund, adopted a pro-active role and directed division of the bund between the parties-Such pro-active role is not sustainable as it is not

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