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1 - 10 of 13 (1.10 seconds)Roop Singh (Dead) Through Lrs vs Ram Singh (Dead) Through Lrs on 28 March, 2000
6. Yet again in Roop Singh v. Ram Singh (2000 (3) SCC 708)
this Court has expressed that the jurisdiction of a High Court
is confined to appeals involving substantial question of law.
Para 7 of the said judgment reads:
Thakur Kishan Singh vs Arvind Kumar on 7 September, 1994
"7. It is to be reiterated that under section 100
jurisdiction of the High Court to entertain a
second appeal is confined only to such appeals
which involve a substantial question of law
and it does not confer any jurisdiction on the
High Court to interfere with pure questions of
fact while exercising its jurisdiction under
section 100. That apart, at the time of
disposing of the matter the High Court did not
even notice the question of law formulated by
it at the time of admission of the second
appeal as there is no reference of it in the
impugned judgment. Further, the fact findings
courts after appreciating the evidence held
that the defendant entered into the possession
of the premises as a batai, that is to say, as a
tenant and his possession was permissive and
there was no pleading or proof as to when it
became adverse and hostile. These findings
recorded by the two courts below were based
on proper appreciation of evidence and the
material on record and there was no
perversity, illegality or irregularity in those
findings. If the defendant got the possession of
suit land as a lessee or under a batai
agreement then from the permissive
possession it is for him to establish by cogent
and convincing evidence to show hostile
animus and possession adverse to the
knowledge of the real owner. Mere possession
for a long time does not result in converting
permissive possession into adverse possession
(Thakur Kishan Singh v. Arvind Kumar (1994
(6) SCC 591). Hence the High Court ought not
to have interfered with the findings of fact
recorded by both the courts below."
Mahendra Chunilal Mehta And Anr. vs Rajendra Chunilal Mehta And Anr. on 22 April, 2003
13. This Court laid down the following test as proper test, for
determining whether a question of law raised in the case is
substantial as quoted in Sir Chunilal's case (supra).
Sir Chunilal V. Mehta And Sons, Ltd vs The Century Spinning And Manufacturing ... on 5 March, 1962
The second
appeal cannot be decided on merely equitable grounds. The
concurrent findings of facts will not be disturbed by the High
Court in exercise of the powers under this section. Further, a
substantial question of law has to be distinguished from a
substantial question of fact. This Court in Sir Chunilal V.
Mehta and Sons Ltd. v. Century Spg. & Mfg. Co. Ltd. (AIR
1962 SC 1314) held that :
Reserve Bank Of India And Anr. vs Ramkrishna Govind Morey on 20 January, 1976
11. The question of law raised will not be considered as a
substantial question of law, if it stands already decided by a
larger Bench of the High Court concerned or by the Privy
Council or by the Federal Court or by the Supreme Court.
Where the facts required for a point of law have not been
pleaded, a litigant should not be allowed to raise that question
as a substantial question of law in second appeal. Mere
appreciation of facts, the documentary evidence or the
meaning of entries and the contents of the documents cannot
be held to be raising a substantial question of law. But where
it is found that the first appellate court has assumed
jurisdiction which did not vest in it, the same can be
adjudicated in the second appeal, treating it as a substantial
question of law. Where the first appellate court is shown to
have exercised its discretion in a judicial manner, it cannot be
termed to be an error either of law or of procedure requiring
interference in second appeal. This Court in Reserve Bank of
India v. Ramkrishna Govind Morey (1976 (1) SCC 803) held
that whether the trial court should not have exercised its
jurisdiction differently is not a question of law justifying
interference.
Ishwar Dass Jain (Dead) Thr. Lrs vs Sohan Lal (Dead)By Lrs on 29 November, 1999
In Ishwar Dass Jain v. Sohan Lal (2000 (1) SCC 434) this
Court in para 10, has stated thus:
Guran Ditta vs T. Ram Ditta on 24 April, 1928
In
Guran Ditta v. T. Ram Ditta (AIR 1928 PC 172), the phrase
'substantial question of law' as it was employed in the last
clause of the then existing Section 100 (since omitted by the
Amendment Act, 1973) came up for consideration and their
Lordships held that it did not mean a substantial question of
general importance but a substantial question of law which
was involved in the case.
Rimmalapudi Subba Rao vs Noony Veeraju And Ors. on 22 March, 1951
In Sri Chunilal's case (supra), the
Constitution Bench expressed agreement with the following
view taken by a full Bench of the Madras High Court in
Rimmalapudi Subba Rao v. Noony Veeraju (AIR 1951 Mad.
Deputy Commissioner, Hardoi vs Rama Krishna Narain And Others on 8 October, 1953
In Dy. Commnr. Hardoi v. Rama Krishna Narain (AIR
1953 SC 521) also it was held that a question of law of
importance to the parties was a substantial question of law
entitling the appellant to a certificate under (the then) Section
100 of the CPC.