Court : Punjab and Haryana
Reported in : AIR1976P& H271
Rajendra Nath Mittal, J.1. This regular second appeal has been filed by the defendants against the judgment and decree of the Senior Subordinate Judge, Ferozepore, dated February 19, 1971.2. Briefly, the case of the plaintiff was that Narain Singh was a Lambardar of village Hazarasinghwala in district Ferozepore. He himself was residing in another village. Therefore, Hardit Singh had been appointed as a substitute Lambardar for him. The said Hardit Singh was removed on November 8, 1957 and Sardara Singh s/o Dharam Singh, the plaintiff, was appointed as such in his place. It is alleged by Sardara Singh that in fact he did not work as a substitute Lambardar and did not collect any land-revenue. According to him, it was the Patwari of the village who was collecting and depositing the land-revenue though he used to obtain his thumb-impressions on several documents. It is stated by him that the arrears of land-revenue went upto Rs. 40,000/-. He was challaned under Section 409, Indian Penal ...
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Reported in : AIR1976P& H235
ORDERRajendra Nath Mittal, J. 1. This revision petition has been filed by Parsa Singh, plaintiff against the order of the Subordinate Judge 1st Class, Batala, dated December 12, 1973.2. Briefly the facts of the case ere that the property in dispute originally belonged to Bal Singh, deceased, resident of village Sagarpura. Smt. Tej Kaur, the predecessor-in-interest of the plaintiffs, was the owner of land situated in village Basrai. She exchanged the land in dispute with Bal Singh. The said Smt. Tej Kaur executed a will in favour of the plaintiffs on April 18, 1958, regarding the property in dispute. They instituted a suit for possession of the land in dispute as heirs of Smt. Tej Kaur. The defendants contested the suit and denied the allegations of the plaintiffs, inter alia, pleading that no will was executed by Smt. Tej Kaur in favour of the plaintiffs. When the evidence was being led, the plaintiffs made an application seeking permission to lead secondary evidence regarding the will...
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Reported in : [1977]39STC122(P& H)
M.R. Sharma, J.1. The Excise and Taxation Officer-cum-Assessing Authority, Jullundur, seized the following documents from the possession of the petitioner-factory on 2nd August, 1974.(1) Current cash book written up to 29th March, 1974.(2) Current day book up to 30th July, 1974.(3) Current ledger.(4) One rough ledger with 1 to 142 written pages.(5) Bill book (Exhibits 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 30, 31, 32 and 33).(6) 32 loose papers (27 sale bills and 5 other loose papers regarding purchases).(7) One loose voucher file.(8) Some loose credit vouchers.2. The grievance of the petitioner-factory is that more than a year has passed since these documents were taken into possession and respondent No. 2 has not returned the documents to it in contravention of Section 14(3) of the Punjab General Sales Tax Act, 1948 (hereinafter called the Act).3. On behalf of the respondents, it has been stated that one rough ledger with written pages from 1 to 142 had been impounded by the income-tax authorities, th...
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