Jagannath @ Jagamohan Dharua And Ors. vs Prithwiraj Singh Dharua And Ors. on 28 June, 2006
In this regard Mr. Pati relies on the cases of Mangulu Jal and Ors. v. Bhagaban Rai and Ors. ; Sambhu Prasad v. Kailash Chandra Das and Ors. 76 (1993) CLT 517 (FB); Maimun Nisa and Anr. v. Mohammad Khodabin and Ors. ; Hakimatun Nisa Bibi v. Md. Fakiruddin Khan and Ors. 1993 (1) OLR 90; Smt. Tara Bai v. V.S. Krisnaswamy Rao AIR 1985 Karnataka 270 and Smt. Sumitra Devi Agrarwalla v. Smt. Sulekha Kundu and Anr. . Regarding the point of limitation and adverse possession, it is submitted that burden of proving adverse possession was on defendants 1 to 4 and the suit of the plaintiff was based on Article 65 of the Indian Limitation Act. So, it was not necessary for him to prove his possession within 12 years, particularly when there is no pleading that the plaintiff and his brothers were dispossessed from the suit land after 1951. It is also submitted by Mr. Pati that the appellant defendants 1 to 4 failed to produce any evidence to establish that they were co-sharers of the Gauntia and as such the possession of the plaintiff or defendants 5 and 6 cannot amount to their possession.