Supreme Court of India

Avtar Singh & Ors. v. Bimla Devi & Ors.

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Reported as [2021] 6 S.C.R. 239
Bench K. M. Joseph and S. Ravindra Bhat JJ.
Decided 29 September 2021

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Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 – s.100 – Punjab Courts Act, 1918 – Suit filed by respondents / plaintiffs alleging that def endant Nos. 2 to 4 broke the lintel portion of the roof (of the fir st floor of the building) illegally with intention to take forci ble possession of the plaintiffs’ house constructed on the first floo r; and further secretly constructed a staircase – Trial court and first appellate court after considering the evidence on record – in cluding the report of a local commissioner who had visited the site – dismi ssed the suit – Second appeal – High Court, framed substanti al

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