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1989 CLC 1174

JAHANA And ANOTHER vs MUHAMMAD ALI And ANOTHER

Citation1989 CLC 1174
CourtLahore High Court
Case No.Regular Second Appeal No.292 of 1973
Date1988-11-29
Judge(s)Ch. Amjad Khan
ResultAppeal dismissed

Appellants brought a suit for declaration to claim title in themselves with regard to a three-Marla house situated in village Kathiala Sheikhan, Tehshil Phalia, District Gujrat on the basis of a gift in their favour claimed to have been made on 28-11-1968 by the owner Ghulam Ali. Defendants contested the suit which was set down to be tried on the following issues:- "(1)Whether Ghulam Ali deceased gifted away the suit house in favour of the plaintiffs? OPP.

(2)If issue No.l is proved, whether the mutation in respect of the suit house attested in favour of the defendants is illegal and ineffective upon the rights of the plaintiffs? OPP.

(3)Relief."

2. Parties led their evidence wherein four witnesses were examined by the plaintiffs inclusive of the statement of one of them made as P.W.3 and the deed was produced as Exh.Pl. On the other hand defendants examined two witnesses and one of them made his own statement as D .W .3 to close the case by producing copy of the mutation in dispute as Exh.D.l along with that of the death entry of Ghulam Ali as Exh. D.2. Trial Court attended to the evidence of the parties and came to the conclusion that the so-called gift deed was prepared almost one month after the death of Ghulam Ali and considering the contradictions in the case came to the conclusion that Exh.P.l was a fake document. In consequence it dismissed the suit by means of judgment dated 6-1-1972.

3. Appeal of the plaintiffs came up before the learned District Judge who reconsidered the evidence and, affirming the Trial Court's finding that the so-called gift deed was not a genuine document, he dismissed the appeal on 11-6-1973.

4. The concurrent findings of fact reached by the two Courts below are justified on the record and this case really stands concluded thereby. There is not pointed out any error of law to have been made in reaching those findings to bring the case within the scope of section 100 of the C.P.C. No. Justification for reconsideration of this case exists within the limited scope of second appeal, as per the judgments reported as Abdul MaRd and others v. Khalil Ahmad PLD 1955 Federal Court 38 and Pathana v. Mst. Wasai and another PLD 1965 SC 143.

5.In result, this second appeal is dismissed. Parties are, however, left to bear their own costs hereof.

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