Evidence Act, 1872, Section 102 -- Burden of proof - Joint property - Plea of partition - Suit for permanent injunction - Defendant purchased property from son of plaintiff/co-sharer, who had no exclusive right, title and interest over property - Plea of partition taken by defendant that property is already partitioned between plaintiff and his sons including his vendor -..........
Specific Relief Act, 1963, Section 38 -- Permanent injunction - Restraining defendant from entering upon suit land and thereby creating any disturbance - Defendant purchased portion of joint family property from co-sharer/son of plaintiff, without consent of others, who acquired the same by partition - However, property stands in the name of father of plaintiff in record..........
Civil Procedure Code, 1908, Order 7, Rule 11(b), (c) -- Rejection of plaint - Deficient Court fees - Partition suit - Scope of enquiry U.O.7.Rr.11(b), (c) CPC, was only to see whether relief of partition was undervalued and if properly valued, whether Court fees paid thereon was sufficient - Trial Court therefore, completely misdirected itself in opening up the question as..........
Punjab Land Revenue Act, 1887, Section 111 -- Partition - Application for partition can be filed in respect of more than one khewat and can be entertained by Assistant Collector, provided that co-sharers in different khewats are same - If co-sharers are different in different khewats, then separate applications have to be filed because khewats have to be separated of all..........
Punjab Land Revenue Act, 1887, Section 111, Civil Procedure Code, 1908, Order 1, Rule 10 -- Partition - Necessary party - Partition proceedings have been carried out without impleading all co-sharers which suffers from vice and even this aspect of matter has not been seen before passing order by Financial Commissioner - Order set aside...........
Co-sharer -- Concept of co-sharer is akin to one of co-owner which vests in both an equal right to the same property - Both the co-sharers being holders of equal share to the same property, apportionment thereof and division of the property can only be by means of a partition - Right to seek such a partition, naturally, will be in one of the two co-sharers...........
Civil Procedure Code, 1908, Order 39, Rule 1, 2 -- Temporary injunction - No dispute that parties are co-owner/co-sharer - Only partition of property can resolve dispute - Injunction granted in favour of plaintiff is only to protect his possession till competent Court passes an order of partition and thereafter orders delivery of possession - Petition dismissed...........
Partition -- Preliminary decree - Attained finality - Subsequent event can be taken into consideration while working out the preliminary decree into the shape of a final decree - Preliminary decree cannot be reopened due to impleadment of a party - The only remedy available to such a party is to file a separate suit...........
Civil Procedure Code, 1908, Order 18, Rule 1 -- Right to begin - Partition suit - Plaintiffs asserted that suit properties are joint family properties and not partitioned by metes and bound - Defendants on the other hand asserted that some of suit properties are their self acquired properties - In view of said categorical stand of defendants, they shall begin first - Only..........
Civil Procedure Code, 1908, Order 18, Rule 1 -- Right to begin - Suit for partition - Defendants claimed two items in suit properties as their self acquired properties - In such circumstances it is defendants who would begin first - Plaintiff shall be obliged to lead evidence in rebuttal only after defendants lead its evidence in proof of its case...........
