Shyam Sunder S/o Raghuvar Dayal, Resident- Sawai madhopur vs Appellant/Plaintiff

Judgment

1. Surajmal S/o Gulabchand, Resident- Police chowki ke pass Sawai madhopur (Deceased) Through Legal Heirs. 1/1 Mohan Lal S/o Late Surajmal, Resident of Kasliwal Bhawan, Hanuman ji baid ki gali Sahar Sawai madhopur 1/2 Nemi Chand S/o Late Surajmal, Resident Aalanpur link road, Bajaj Showroom ke piche, Aalanpur Sawai madhopur. 1/3 Ramesh S/o Late Surajmal 1/4 Bhagchand S/o Late Surajmal 1/5 Rajendra S/o Late Surajmal All resident of Kasliwal Bhawan, Police Chowki ki piche Sahar Sawai madhopur 1/6 Om Prakesh S/o Late Surajmal, L.M.B. dukan ke pass, Main Bazar Sawai madhopur 1/7 Meena D/o Late Surajmal W/o Rakesh Benadam Resident of Pachala Tehsil Uniyara District Tonk

2. Masuda Aliyas Masita (deceased) through legal heirs

-------Respondent no. 1/Plaintiff 2/1- Ramjani S/o Masuda, Resident Basir Manjil Through Ajjijuddin advocate ka makan, Ganesh pipli sahar sawai madhopur. 2/2- Pola S/o Masuda, Resident of Nakta ka jagra Sahar Sawai madhopur, 2/3- chand S/o Masuda, Resident of Karima ansari ke pass julaha mohalla jugnu wale ke pass Sahar Sawaimadhopur [2025:RJ-JP:38552] (2 of 5) [CSA-549/2018] 2/4- Fatma D/o Masuda, Resident Residan ka makan hammal mohalla Ghantaghar ke pass Kota. 2/5- Sahnaj D/o Masuda, Resident of Tonk For Appellant(s) : Mr. D.D. Khandelwal,Adv. For Respondent(s) : None HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE UMA SHANKER VYAS 19/09/2025 Judgment vihykFkhZ@oknh dh vksj ls ;g f}rh; vihy vUrxZr /kkjk 100 lh- ih-lh- fo}ku vij ftyk U;k;k/kh'k lokbZ ek/kksiqj }kjk nhokuh fu;fer vihy la[;k 25@2012 esa ikfjr fu.kZ; fnukad 07-08-2018 ls O;fFkr gksdj is'k dh gS ftlds ek/;e ls vihykFkhZ@oknh dh vihy [kkfjt djrs gq, fo}ku flfoy U;k;k/kh'k ¼o0[k0½ lokbZ ek/kksiqj }kjk nhokuh okn la[;k 25@2009 esa ikfjr fu.kZ;@fMØh fnukad 20-05-2010 dh iqf"V dh x;h] ftlds ek/;e ls vihykFkhZ@oknh dk okn ckcr~ ?kks"k.kk] dCtk izkfIr o LFkk;h fu"ks/kkKk [kkfjt fd;k x;kA fo}ku vf/koDrk vihykFkhZ rFkk izR;FkhZ dh cgl lquhA pwafd ;g f}rh; flfoy vihy gS] vr% ,slh fLFkfr esa tc rd fof/k dk lkjoku iz'u varoZfyr ugha gks] rc rd lquokbZ gsrq xzg.k ugha dh tk ldrh gS rFkk fopkj.k o vihyh; U;k;ky; }kjk tks fu"d"kZ fn;k x;k gS] mlesa lkekU; :i ls gLr{ksi fd;k tkuk mfpr ugha gSA bl laca/k esa ekuuh; mPpre U;k;ky; }kjk Boodireddy Chandraiah and Ors. Versus Arigda Laxmi and Anr. AIR 2008 SC 380 ds iSjk la[;k 13 esa fuEufyf[kr fl)kar izfrikfnr fd;k x;k gS %& "13. The general rule is that High Court will not interfere with concurrent findings of the Courts below. But it is not an absolute rule. Some of the well recognized exceptions are where (i) the courts below have ignored material evidence or acted on no evidence; (ii) the courts have drawn wrong inferences from proved facts by applying [2025:RJ-JP:38552] (3 of 5) [CSA-549/2018] the law erroneously; or (iii) the courts have wrongly cast the burden of proof. When we refer to 'decision based on no evidence', it not only refers to cases where there is a total dearth of evidence, but also refers to any case, where the evidence, taken as a whole, is not reasonably capable of supporting the finding." ekuuh; loksZPp U;k;ky; }kjk vU; U;kf;d fu.kZ; Gurnam Singh vs. Lehna Singh 2019 (7) SCC 641 esa Hkh mijksDr er O;Dr djrs gq, ;g vfHkfu/kkZfjr fd;k x;k gS fd f}rh; vihy esa lk{; dk iqu% fo'ys"k.k o foospu vuqKs; ugha gS] mijksDr fu.kZ; dk lqlaxr Hkkx fuEukuqlkj gS%& "Before parting with the present judgment, we remind the High Courts that the jurisdiction of the High Court, in an appeal under Section 100 CPC, is strictly confined to the case involving substantial question of law and while deciding the second appeal under Section 100 CPC, it is not permissible for the High Court to reappreciate the evidence on record and interfere with the findings recorded by the courts below and/or the first appellate court and if the first appellate court has exercised its discretion in a judicial manner, its decision cannot be recorded as suffering from an error either of law or of procedure requiring interference in second appeal. We have noticed and even as repeatedly observed by this Court and even in Narayanan Rajendran v. Lekshmy Sarojini [Narayanan Rajendran v. Lekshmy Sarojini, (2009) 5 SCC 264 : (2009) 2 SCC (Civ) 500] , despite the catena of decisions of this Court and even the mandate under Section 100 CPC, the High Courts under Section 100 CPC are disturbing the concurrent findings of facts and/or even the findings recorded by the first appellate court, either without formulating the substantial question of law or on framing erroneous substantial question of law." fof/k dk lkjoku iz'u D;k gksxk] bl laca/k esa ekuuh; mPpre U;k;ky; }kjk Santosh Hazari Versus Purushottam Tiwari (Dead) by L.Rs AIR 2001 SC 965 ds iSjk la[;k&12 esa fuEufyf[kr fl)kar izfrikfnr fd;k x;k gS%& "12. The phrase 'substantial question of law', as occurring in the amended Section 100 is not defined in the Code. The word substantial, as qualifying 'question of law', means — of having substance, essential, real, of sound worth, important or considerable. It is to be understood [2025:RJ-JP:38552] (4 of 5) [CSA-549/2018] as something in contradistinction with — technical, of no substance or consequence, or academic merely. However, it is clear that the legislature has chosen not to qualify the scope of 'substantial question of law' by suffixing the words “of general importance” as has been done in many other provisions such as Section 109 of the Code or Article 133(1)(a) of the Constitution. The substantial question of law on which a second appeal shall be heard need not necessarily be a substantial question of law of general importance. In Guran Ditta v. T. Ram Ditta [AIR 1928 PC 172 : 55 IA 235] , the phrase 'substantial question of law' as it was employed in the last clause of the then existing Section 110 CPC (since omitted by the Amendment Act, 1973) came up for consideration and their Lordships held that it did not mean a substantial question of general importance but a substantial question of law which was involved in the case as between the parties......" fo}ku vf/koDrk vihykFkhZ dk ;g rdZ gS fd fo}ku fopkj.k U;k;ky; o vihyh; U;k;ky; }kjk yksd nLrkost Vkmu losZ izn'kZ&4 ij lE;d :i ls fopkj ugha fd;k x;k gS rFkk rF;ksa o fof/k ds foijhr tkdj vihyk/khu fu.kZ; ikfjr fd;k] tks vikLr gksus ;ksX; gSA izR;FkhZ i{k dh vksj ls ckotwn uksfVl rkehy dksbZ mifLFkr ugha gSA lqlaxr rF; ;g gS fd oknh ewfrZ dh vksj ls fopkj.k U;k;ky; esa okn izLrqr dj ;g vfHkdfFkr fd;k fd ewfrZ eafnj ds vxys Hkkx ds ifjlj esa ,d nqdku o iDdk pcwrjk oknh ds dCts dk gSa] izfroknh us bl ij voS/k :i ls f}rh; eafty cukdj dCtk dj fy;k gS] bl izdkj dCtk izkfIr] ?kks"k.kk o LFkk;h fu"ks/kkKk ds ckcr~ vuqqrks"k pkgk x;kA izfroknh dh vksj ls tokc nkok izLrqqr dj ;g vfHkdfFkr fd;k x;k fd ewfrZ dh rjQ ls ;g okn iqtkjh o izca/kd ';ke lqUnj dh vksj ls izLrqr gqvk gS rFkk ';ke lqUnj }kjk blh nqdku ds laca/k esa izfroknh dh fdjk;snkjh crkrs gq, csn[kyh dk okn izLrqr fd;k] ftlesa nqdku dks ';ke lqUnj dh futh laifRr gksuk crk;k FkkA nksuksa gh ekeyksa esa ';ke lqUnj ds fojks/kkHkklh vfHkdFku gksus ls ;g nqdku izfroknh ds vf/kdkjksa o vkf/kiR; dh gksuk crkrs gq, oknh dk okn [kkfjt fd, tkus dk fuosnu fd;k x;kA fopkj.k U;k;ky; }kjk nksuksa i{kksa dks lqudj rFkk ';ke lqUnj }kjk iwoZorhZ okn esa tks vfHkdFku fy, x, Fks] mlds fo#) orZeku ekeys esa [2025:RJ-JP:38552] (5 of 5) [CSA-549/2018] vfHkdFku gksus ls] izn'kZ&4 Vkmu losZ o vU; nLrkostksa dks fopkj esa ysus ds mijkar oknh dk okn [kkfjt fd;k x;k Fkk] ftldh iqf"V vihyh; U;k;ky; }kjk dh xbZ gSA iwoksZDr U;kf;d n`"Vkarksa esa izfrikfnr O;oLFkk o f}rh; vihy ds Ldksi vkfn ds lanHkZ esa vfHkys[k ij miyC/k lkexzh o lk{; dk /;kuiwoZd voyksdu djus ls ;g Li"V gksrk gS fd nksuksa fo}ku v/khuLFk U;k;ky;ksa }kjk vfHkys[k ij miyC/k rF;ksa] ifjfLFkfr;ksa ,oa Lohd`fr dh vuns[kh dh gks ;k tks rF; vfHkys[k ij miyC/k ugha gS] ml ij fopkj fd;k gks ;k lkfcr rF;ksa ds laca/k esa dksbZ xyr bUÝsal gks] ,slk n`f"Vxr ugha gksrk gS] fo}ku fopkj.k rFkk vihyh; U;k;ky; }kjk miyC/k lk{; o lkexzh dk lgh :i ls fo'ys"k.k o foospu fd;k gS rFkk fopkj.k U;k;ky; }kjk ikfjr fu.kZ; dh iqf"V fo}ku vihyh; U;k;ky; }kjk dh x;h gS] bl izdkj leorhZ rF;kRed fu"d"kZ jgk gaS] blfy, mijksDr fu.kZ;ksa esa gLr{ksi fd, tkus ds dksbZ fof/klEer vk/kkj ugha gSA vr% nksuksa gh v/khuLFk U;k;ky;ksa }kjk mDr lEcU/k esa vfHkfyf[kr leorhZ rF;kRed fu"d"kksZa esa fdlh izdkj dh dksbZ =qfV vFkok izfrdwyrk ugha gksus ls o bl f}rh; vihy esa fof/k dk dksbZ lkjHkwr iz'u ugha gksus ls ;g f}rh; vihy xzg.kkFkZ Lrj ij gh fujLr fd;s tkus ;ksX; gS] tks ,rn~}kjk fujLr dh tkrh gSA LFkxu vkosnu o vU; vkosnu] ;fn dksbZ yafcr gksa] rks os Hkh mDrkuqlkj fuLrkfjr fd;s tkrs gSaA RAHUL KUMAR KHANDELWAL /24 (UMA SHANKER VYAS),J