%/ [5 IN THE HDN‘BLE HIGH mURT OF CHI-IATTISGARH AT BILASPURa SECOND APPEAL N0. .’}} [2004 w 1. Khattu singh son of late Shiv- Ram Singh, aged 61 years. V '2. Ghudau Singh son of late shivram, Q’“ ‘Singh, aged S9 yearsc APPELLANTS PLAINTIFFS $ Q 3. Omprakash son of late Ravindra gxsel VLW Singh. aged 25 years. ’ V f 4. Ku. Godamri D/o late Ravindra Singh, aged 2O years. A11 are resident of village- Narayanpur, Tahsil- Narayanpur Distt. Baktar (C.G.). VERSUS RESPONDENT satish Kumar Punetha sonof DEFENDANT Devi Datta Punetha, aged 32 years, R/o. Narayanpur, Tah. Narayanpur, Distt. Bastar(C.G.) x, w ‘ \ {Segord Appeag Lmdez' Section 1 {m 6f ghe Sede 9f Chm Pmceéare‘ ‘3§€118} $ingie Eench : Hcn’bie Shri Prashant Kumar Mishm. JA Pi'esemtv Shvi Maiay Kamar Bhaduyi, mume‘ far i‘he appeiianis. QRDER {OFUKU (Passed {m this 25‘“ dg‘; 9f Sammy 20’; G} . Heard mama? counsei fer the appeiiants an the que$§ien of admi$sim. "§"he aweléants heyeia are ihe unsuccessfui §§ainiif§s in the €3m2i€$ » k beicw whese suit for canceumiaa a‘f the ra’aistemd gift deed ¢§aied Q-‘EE-wBi) has beef} dismi3sed. 3. In the piairzt. ihe p§airvkiffs have averred that ihe sui% land beioa’aged ta Hanab and afker his death it deve§ved upim Shivram; who was the father of Ehe piamtH‘t‘s. $hiwam died in 1981 and in $84 the defendan Med ta faise cans$ruct§an an 5 dedmai mid siating that ‘ ih§s 35nd has been gmed t0 him by $hiwam Awarding i0 the eSa§m§§fs Sh§vmm couici mt have céfied ihe promrlv to the defendant The defendant, whe was aged abcut 15 yeam on the daie of f§iing cf ‘the 3m: submi‘iied his wrmen ememem i‘nmuah ve§§f§ather am / éemed fee suit eHegaiicn stating that me 513i“: iamd was giftee to i’sim bv $h§vram bx: gift de‘ed dawci £3-124i989‘ The gift hee beee A‘” I‘d HIGE-i CGURT Q?" C¥€HATT§SGARH : E§LA$33UR $EL‘OND A9?EAL N13. Y3 (3F 2004 AnséEiantsi Khattu Smgh & Uihers Paamf§s Versus Resa‘cademi Satish Kumar Puneiha Deferladant appmvad by ihe Additéanai $9§§ecton Ka’nker, by his wder dateé S-7—"§§82 f0? cora’ec‘tmn in me revenue records. 5. ‘ “:“he ‘mai Com by §udgmem and decree daied $-‘1-2GG£§ d§$missad U the suii. m fesp‘cnse to issue Na? ihe ma Cami: fauna! that $i the iime ef execu’iing the gift Shh/ram hac§ wRed ihe a’EeighbGmS. smwr; the gaft §and anti had pickea’ u§ soma pafi af ihe so§§ and handed aver ie SaLish Kumar Punetha f0? symboiécaiEy éeiivermg psssessiarz of the brad, At "‘i ‘a’i i§me wife of Shivram arid his sens were Dre3em . “and they were ewme a? t§3e gm. Ci) passeci by the etiditmna! CaHector, me sietemeni cf Rawndn’a Singh as ExDJ2 and‘ihe app3icaiion sf Ravindra Sim?! as Emil/3. A cam! 0f the {egsteied gift deed was premised as ExbfS and the capéee e? map & feeemi c§ {ight were med as £XDJ$ and Ex.Ef?. reeeeetiveiy. The mutation Greer dated 1E-2-1981 was fiied as ExfDia. Basements in ereef ef eoseeesécm were med as £x.D19 and ExDi'iG. 7. On ihe baeis of oral as weH as dceumen’tery evidence, {the triai Eeurt found ihe gEft éeed proved and vaiid. Ki). Pathak (SW-2) is ihe wiiness whe had signed the gm deed as aiteefmg Witness. it was aieo observed that Smwam was the Ker-ta ef the ioim fam§lv and had gif‘ieci the ereeem; in fevaur 6f Saiish Kumax Punethaj who was the sen ef his guru and ‘the g§Fz was fer piees oeject, The we} Cow: aise ?*un6 ihat the ee‘fendaf‘st is in passessioe cf ihe suit iane‘ since after executien cf the gift deed. 8. Gr: apeeet the met appeHaie (Seam has cem‘érmed the fmdimgs recoz’ded by 'khe triai Ceurt and has iedeeendentiv eéscussed the evideece avaiiahie en ieeerci. The exeeuiion of the gm deed sas \ The éefene‘am produced the dccument Ex.£§i’1, which is an erde!’ «.«L been fourad R; be waved by bath the Caurig The fai af c§e!§vefy of possesséon sf the 3m! 53nd t0 Sai§sh Kumar Punetha at the time £§f L gift deed has aise been feund it; be mved by the Cow‘cS beiow, 1 which is a§s0 pure fimig of §aci. ;' 8 mm h V Tmmfer cf Pzogvew'iy Act, 1882 {far Sher; “the Act, 1382) ?3a$ br: a M S%1adur§, §earheii csel ap§ear§ng fer me agpéliams, as . argued that the mew’sien aenta§nc§ made? Sect 123 sf the I ee vioiaiw. 1G. §actf¢n 123 of the Act 1 é82 is a feHaws : 23 Transfef MW effeated.—Fcr the pufpose ef makmg a gift af immoveabie mcpeay, thevkransfer must be affected by a regisfered mstrumem Sigiwed by or an behaif of ihe éonar, and ariesied by ai §easi Mo w§iz7esses. For ihe pwpose cf makmg a ga'fi a? mewabie groperty. the tran‘er ma £3e effected akher by a yeg§$iered in$tmmasaé sigma“ a$ afaresaid or by cia§év&ry. Such de§§very may be made in the same way as gecds said may be dei3vered.” ce t i a I «w. Fa. The eviden avaaéabie on mcard has caiegoricaw proved ma? he gift a‘eed was a registerec‘. insirument he donor has ségneé if nti K3 gathak {§)W~2) has provw tm attesntaihn‘ ESymbciic ransier of prdperty by handing ave: some sci! 0f the subjeci isnd has aiso been fcund to be proved by the Ma? Ccm‘i and confirmed by ihe first agspeiiate Court. € v f m he opinicn of this Comm proisien 0f Secfion “i23 u the Adi has 'V been ciuiy compHed with. ~. Learned counee§ fume: argued the? a deed 9f gift is an easece of a ccmtract between the dcmr and donee eed sinee the eeneeieefeneant was a minor he wee not 12‘ \compeiem is comfeiete the centaraci by ecceeteme. p m e mh s ‘i . a y \ \ \ \ \\ h X 4Q EJ- This Couft‘ is no% §mpressed wifh ihe ai‘bwsaid aa’gameni of ihe §eamed counseé éppea{ing far me agapeaants inasmuch a$ git“: 9f émmevame property has to he made in accaréance wiih- the @rovigicns a? Segtion 123 of the A03, 1882! which has been cimy compi§ed with m the present (233$. As discuswd absve, the sasd pravismn having been dmiy comp§ied wiih: therefere, me acnieniien of ihe appeiianis that the donee (mum n9? have accented . ‘ihe mft , is mt accxgP§abia HSGreover, we such P§ea was raised either in ihé piaim or befare the ii'iai Camrt c: befm‘e the ‘fia’si appeiiaté Cami amt as sum, the yea canmi m a5iaweé i0 £95 é'giseu? fer if}? first time in the secana awéat. The appeHaMs have mt awe ta demansirate any substamaé questien cf iaw for detarmmatfer; m this appeai. The appeaé faii3 ana‘ is hereby désmissed at éhe admasséorx stage iiseif. ' Sci/- §rashant Kumgr Mxsh ' ra J§ég§ M nk 7/ Gewn’