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Supreme Court of India · 03/07/2017

POORAN CHANDRA JOSHI & ORS. versus BISWAN CHANDRA HARRIS (DEAD) BY L.RS.

[2017] 7 S.C.R. 348 · 2017 INSC 578

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Summary

The Court dismissed this appeal by applying the reasons in companion Civil Appeal 6139 of 2009 concerning the same gift deed of 31 May 1949. The short judgment incorporated the companion merits reasoning rather than undertaking an independent analysis.

Issues

  1. Whether the companion decision concerning the identical gift deed required dismissal of this appeal.

Held

Result

Appeal dismissed; no order as to costs.

Judgment PDF: Supreme Court of India, [2017] 7 S.C.R. 348.