GURDEV KAUR R.P. KANSAL vs OM PARKASH ETC. — RSA/2686/1994

Summary The High Court of Punjab and Haryana dismissed the appellant's second appeal and upheld the lower courts' findings that the respondents (plaintiffs) are owners of the disputed agricultural land in Nabha, rejecting the defendant's plea of adverse possession. The court held that the defendant failed to establish the essential ingredients of adverse possession—specifically, the exact date of commencement, continuity for the statutory 12-year period, and hostile nature of possession—finding she had occupied the land for only about a decade (from 1976) as an unauthorized occupant reflected in revenue records as "Gair Marusi," not as a hostile claimant to ownership. This case analysis is maintained by casestatus.in based on publicly available court records.