Supreme Court of India

Gurnam Singh (d) by Lrs. & Ors. v. Lehna Singh (d) by Lrs.

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Reported as [2019] 4 S.C.R. 1084
Bench L. Nageswara Rao and M.R. Shah JJ.
Decided 13 March 2019

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Code of Civil Pr ocedure, 1908: s. 100 – Second appeal – Scope of – Suit for perpetual injunction – T rial Cour t decr eed the suit – First Appellate Cour t dismissed the suit – High Court in second appeal, after re-appreciating the evidence decr eed the suit – On appeal, held: Jurisdiction of High Court to entertain second appeal u/s. 100 is confined only to such appeals which involve ‘a substantial question of law’ – High Court cannot substitute its own opinion for that of the lower court unless it finds that the conclusions drawn by the lower cour t wer e er roneous being contrar y to the

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