Supreme Court · 2002 INSC 159 · Decided 20 March 2002
Ajit Kumar Singh and ORS. v. Chiranjibi Lal and ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2002 INSC 159 · [2002] 2 S.C.R. 607
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 2268/2002
- Decided
- 20 March 2002
- Bench
- S.S.M. QUADRI, S.N. VARIAVA (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Disposed off
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- CPC Section 41; Evidence Act Section 116; Constitution Article 136
Headnote
B Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 : Order 41, Rules I I-sub-rules (1) and (2)-/nterpretation of-Absence of appellant and pleader-Power a/Court to dismiss appeal-Held, dismissal C postulated under Rule ti is dismissal for non-prosecution and not on merits. Constitution of India, 1950: Articles Court that there was landlord tenant D relationship-Disposal of appeal by Supreme Court-Held, remanding of case was not proper on facts. Evidence Act, 1872 : Section 116-Tenant-&toppel from denying the title of landlord E In legal proceedings initiated by respondent against the
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