Supreme Court of India

Ramji Gupta & Anr. v. Gopi Krishan Agrawal (d) & Ors.

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Reported as [2013] 5 S.C.R. 398

Bench Dr. B.S. Chauhan and Fakkir Mohamed Ibrahim Kalifulla JJ.

Decided 11 April 2013

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What the Court ordered

In view of the above, we do not see any cogent reason to interfere with the impugned judgments.

Judgment, page 13

From the headnote

Suit - Suit by landlord against tenants alleging default in payment of rent - Tenants claiming to be owners of the property on the strength of sale deed executed by the vendor (mother of the landlord) - Small Causes Court decreed the suit, relying on a judgment passed in 1958 (whereby vendor (a Hindu female) was held to be life estate holder in the property). and held that by virtue of the judgment, the son of the vendor (landlord) acquired the property - Judgment confirmed by District Judge and High Court - On appeal, held: Courts below rightly decreed the suit. Provincial Small Causes

Authorities it was built on

1981 Gangabai W/o Rambilas Gilda v. Chhabubai W/o Pukharajji Gandhi cited by 9
1975 Navneet Lal Alias Rangi v. Gokul and Others cited by 5
2010 Gaddam Ramakrishnareddy & Ors. v. Gaddam Rami Reddy & Anr. cited by 4
2010 Nirmjal Jeet Singh Hoon v. Irtiza Hussain and Ors. cited by 3
1975 Supreme General Films Exchange Ltd. v. His Highness Maharaja Sir Brijnath Singhji Deo of Maihar & Ors cited by 2
2001 Muninanjappa and Ors. v. R. Manual and Anr. cited by 1
1990 Life Insurance Corporation of India v. India Automobiles and Co. and Ors. cited by 1
1993 Rameshwar Dayal v. Banda (dead) through His Lrs. and Anr. cited by 1
1988 Budhu Mal Etc., v. Mahabir Prasad & Ors., Etc. cited by 1

Where later benches applied it

2017 M/s Kaushik Coop. Building Society v. N. Parvathamma & Ors. relied on

Of those, 1 relied on

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