R.S.A No. 1843 of 2007 ::1:: IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH R.S.A No. 1843 of 2007 Date of decision : August 06, 2009 Baldev Singh, ...... Appellant (s) v. Harpreet Kaur and others, ...... Respondent(s) *** CORAM : HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE AJAY TEWARI *** Present : Mr. B.S.Bhalla, Advocate for the appellant. *** 1. Whether Reporters of Local Newspapers may be allowed to see the judgment ? 2. To be referred to the Reporters or not ? 3. Whether the judgment should be reported in the Digest ? *** AJAY TEWARI, J (Oral) This appeal has been filed against concurrent judgments of the Courts below decreeing the suit of the respondents for declaration to the effect that the decree of the Lok Adalat dated 22.7.2000 is illegal and not binding on the rights of the plaintiff/respondents. The following questions have been proposed :- “ (i) Whether the suit of the respondent no.1 was barred by principles of res judicata ? (ii) Whether the oral as well as documentary evidence has been ignored by the Courts below ? (iii) Whether the judgments/decrees dated 22.7.2000 R.S.A No. 1843 of 2007 ::2:: passed in civil suit titled as Baldev Singh vs Sukhwant Singh is a result of fraud ?” Counsel for the appellant is not in a position to refute the finding that in fact the decree passed by the Lok Adalat dated 22.7.2000 was set aside by this Court on 1.12.2003. Once this sheet-anchor of the case of the respondents is displaced, question No. (i) cannot be held to arise. Question No.(ii) is a pure question of fact. Counsel for the appellant has not been able to persuade me that the findings recorded thereon are either based on no evidence or are based on misreading of such evidence as would render the same perverse. Consequently, this appeal is dismissed with no order as to costs. ( AJAY TEWARI ) August 05, 2009. JUDGE `kk'