Supreme Court of India
Smriti Debbarma (dead) through Legal Representative v. Prabha Ranjan Debbarma and Others
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What the Court ordered
In view of the aforesaid discussion and legal positio n, the present appeal must be dismissed.
Judgment, page 20
From the headnote
Suit – Suit for declaration of title – Burden of proof – Trial court decreed the suit holding that the plaintiff had ri ght, title and interest in the subject property and was entitled to khas po ssession of the property after evicting all the defendants – High Court reversed the judgment of trial court holding that plai ntiff on basis of evidence and documents placed on record had not bee n able to discharge the burden of proof to establish legal ownership and t itle to the subject property – Held: High Court rightly set aside the judgment and decree of the trial court – The plaint iff took
Authorities it was built on
- 2003 R.v.f Venkatachala Gounder v. Arulmigu Viswesaraswami and V.P. Temple and Anr.
- 1963 Addagada Raghavamma and Anr. v. Addagada Chenchamma and Anr.
- 2006 Anil Rishi v. Gurbaksh Singh
- 2014 Union of India and Others v. Vasavi Co-op. Housing Society Ltd. and Others
- 2013 Sebastiao Luis Fernandes (dead) through Lrs. & Ors. v. K.V.P. Shastri (dead) through Lrs. & Ors.
- 1968 Nair Service Society Ltd. v. Rev. Father K. C. Alexander & Ors.
- 2019 Poona Ram v. Moti Ram (d) Th. Lrs. & Ors.
Where later benches applied it
- 2025 Periyammal (dead) through Lrs & Ors. v. V. Rajamani & Anr. Etc.
- 2024 Kaushik Premkumar Mishra & Anr. v. Kanji Ravaria @ Kanji & Anr.
Of those, 2 referred to
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