Supreme Court of India

Roop Singh (dead) through Lrs v. Ram Singh (dead) through Lrs.

Neutral citation
Reported as [2000] 2 S.C.R. 605
Bench M.B. Shah and Doraiswamy Raju JJ.
Decided 28 March 2000

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4 Supreme Court benches have cited this judgment.

What the Court ordered

In the result, the impugned judgment and decree passed by the High Court in Second Appeal No.255 of 1977 requires to be set aside and is hereby set aside.

Judgment, page 8

From the headnote

Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 : S. l 00-Second appeal-Jurisdiction of High Court-Agricultural land­ Illegal possession-Suit by owner for restoration of possession-Defendant contending purchase of land-Also claiming to have perfected title by adverse possession-Trial Court decreed the suit-Appellate Court affirmed the de­ cree-High Court in seco11d appeal re-appreciating evidence and setti11g aside findings of fact recorded by courts below-Held, s.100 does not confer any jurisdiction on High Court to inter:fere with pure questions of facf...i.Land having been given to defendaiit on batai, it

Where later benches applied it

Of those, 3 relied on · 1 referred to

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