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Union of India v. Ibrahim Uddin & Anr.

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Reported as [2012] 8 S.C.R. 35
Bench Dr. B.S. Chauhan and Dipak Misra JJ.
Decided 17 July 2012

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Code of Civil Procedure, 1908: Title suit - Burden of proof - Suit for declaration of title of ownership of property against Union of India - Suit dismissed by trial court - Order set aside by District Judge in first appeal on the finding that the defendant-Union of India failed to prove its title over the suit land - Second appeal dismissed by High Court - Held: The first appellate court as well as the High Court committed grave error in shifting the burden of proof on the defendant-Union of India, though it was exclusively on the plaintiff-respondent no. 1 to prove his case, which the

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