Supreme Court of India

Dharampal (dead) Thr. Lrs. v. Punjab Wakf Board & Ors.

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Reported as [2017] 8 S.C.R. 316
Bench R.K. Agrawal J.
Decided 13 September 2017
Status Overruled

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What the Court ordered

We are of the view that the appellant (defendant No.I) failed to prove his case of "adverse possession" on facts and law.

Judgment, page 12

From the headnote

Suit - Suit for possession and injunction - Counter claim - Title by adverse possession -Appellant's father in unauthorized occupation of land belonging to respondent no.1-Wakf Board - Suit by respondent No. l against appellant's father for recovery of possession of the land - Suit dismissed in default - After two decades respondent No.1 filed suit against the appellant for possession and injunction as also against respondent no. 2 and 3 - Counter claim by appellant claiming ownership over the suit land on the basis of perfecting his title by "adverse possession' against the Wakf Board -

Where later benches applied it

Of those, 1 referred to · 1 overruled

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