Supreme Court of India
A. Shanmugam v. Ariya Kshatriya Rajakula Vamsathu Madalaya Nandhavana Paripalanai Sangam Represented by its President Etc.
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What the Court ordered
Before parting with this case, we consider it necessary to observe that one of the main reasons for over-flowing of court dockets is the frivolous litigation in which the Courts are engaged by the litigants 8 and which is dragged as long as possible.
Judgment, page 36
From the headnote
Suit ·- Suit for permanent injunction - Claiming possession of suit property - By the watchman who was engaged for taking care of the suit property - Claimant taking plea of adverse possession - Cross suit also by the owner of the suit property- Original court deciding in favour of the owner - First appellate court deciding in favour of the claimant - Second appeal decided against the claimant - On appeal, held: Watchman, caretaker or a servant employed to look after the property can never acquire interest in the property irrespective of his long possession - Such person holds the property of…
Authorities it was built on
- 2009 Dalip Singh v. State of U.P. & Ors.
- 2011 Indian Council for Enviro-legal Action v. Union of India & Others
- 1994 Chandra Shashi v. Anil Kumar Verma
- 2012 Maria Margarida Sequeria Fernandes and Others v. Erasmo Jack De Sequeria(dead) through L.rs.
- 1976 G. Ponniah Thevar v. Nellayam Perumal Pillai and Others
- 1994 Mrs. Kavita Trehan and Anr. v. Balsara Hygiene Products Ltd.
- 2011 Rameshwari Devi & Ors. v. Nirmala Devi & Ors.
Where later benches applied it
- 2020 Indore Development Authority v. Manoharlal & Ors. Etc.
- 2018 Indore Development Authority v. Shailendra (dead) through Lrs. & Ors.
- 2025 Om Prakash @ Israel @ Raju @ Raju Das v. Union of India and Another
- 2022 Sathyanath & Anr. v. Sarojamani
- 2019 Satyan v. Deputy Commissioner & Ors.
- 2026 Manjula v. D.A. Srinivas
- 2023 Bhupinder Singh v. Unitech Limited
- 2013 Dr. Balram Prasad v. Dr. Kunal Saha & Ors.
Of those, 2 relied on · 3 referred to · 3 mentioned
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