Supreme Court of India

Raja Ram v. Jai Prakash Singh and Others

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Reported as [2019] 12 S.C.R. 112
Bench Navin Sinha and Indira Banerjee JJ.
Decided 11 September 2019

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What the Court ordered

We find no reason to interfere with the concurrent findings arrived at by two courts.

Judgment, page 11

From the headnote

Contract Act, 1872: s. 16 – Undue influence – Infer ence of – Execution of sale deed by father in favour of his son-r espondent – Allegation by appellant-son that r espondent no. 1 exer cised undue influence over the father in having the sale deed executed in favour of respondent because of physical infirmity of the father on account of his old age and that the father was living with the r espondents – Held: To infer undue influence mer ely because a sibling was looking after the family elder , is an extr eme pr oposition which cannot be countenanced in absence of sufficient and adequate

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