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Sebastiao Luis Fernandes (dead) through Lrs. & Ors. v. K.V.P. Shastri (dead) through Lrs. & Ors.
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Evidence Act, 1872: ss.101 and 102 - Burden of proof - Suit for declaration that plaintiff was owner and in possession of 113rd of suit property- Held: It was upon plaintiff-appellants to furnish proof regarding ownership of 1/3rd share of suit property and discharge their burden ofproofas per ss. 101 and 102 - It was primarily and essentially necessary for plaintiff-appellants to establish their claim of ownership before they could invite the court to address itself to the issue of their challenge to title of defendants-respondents to suit properly - Plaintiff- appellants having failed to do
Authorities it was built on
- 1963 Addagada Raghavamma and Anr. v. Addagada Chenchamma and Anr.
- 2006 Hero Vinoth (minor) v. Seshammal
- 2007 Gurunath Manohar Pavaskar & Ors v. Nagesh Siddappa Navalgund & Ors.
- 2006 Anil Rishi v. Gurbaksh Singh
- 1996 Ramanuja Naidu v. V. Kanniah Naidu and Anr.
- 2008 Corporation of City of Bangalore v. Zulekha Bl & Ors.
- 2003 Rachakonda Venkat Rao and Ors. v. R. Satya Bai (d) by Lr. and Anr.
- 2010 M/s. Jeevan Diesels & Electricals Ltd. v. M/s Jasbir Singh Chadha (huf) & Anr.
- 1990 Hira Lal and Another v. Gajjan and Others
Where later benches applied it
- 2023 Smriti Debbarma (dead) through Legal Representative v. Prabha Ranjan Debbarma and Others
- 2024 Government of Goa through the Chief Secretary v. Maria Julieta D’souza (d) & Ors.
- 2023 Manik Majumder and Others v. Dipak Kumar Saha (dead) through Lrs. & Others
Of those, 1 relied on · 2 referred to
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