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REPORTABLE
IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION
CIVIL APPEAL NO. 022967 OF 2017 (Arising out of SLP (C ) No 27279 of 2015)
HARPAL SINGH ..... APPELLANT
Versus
ASHOK KUMAR & ANR ..... RESPONDENTS
J U D G M E N T
Dr D Y CHANDRACHUD, J
1 Leave granted.
2 A learned Single Judge of the High Court of Delhi, by a judgment dated 19
September 2014 rejected a petition under Article 227 of the Constitution. The
petition sought to challenge an order dated 21 August 2010 of the Additional
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District Judge (North) rejecting the objections of the appellant in the course of the
execution of a decree.
3 Sometime in 2002 a suit was instituted by the respondents for a permanent
injunction, alleging that the defendants to the suit were threatening to interfere with
the possession of their lands situated at Nilothi, Delhi. The suit was dismissed by
the Civil Judge on 14 February 2005, holding it to be barred by the provisions of
Section 185 (1) of the Delhi Land Reforms Act, 1954. The Trial court held that
the plaintiff had failed to place any registered document on record to establish his
ownership in respect of the land. Moreover, in the view of the trial Court, it was
necessary for the plaintiffs to first seek a declaration from the revenue court as
bhoomidars upon which alone an injunction could be sought. Su...