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No court can grant decree/relief infavour of the defendant without counter claim and without pleadings and without producing the documents , while granting decree in favour of the plaintiff as he prayed for The suit for declaration of title and injunction- the trial court decreed the suit with costs. However, the defendants have been given the right to grow Tulsi and pluck flowers in the suit land for performance of pooja. - High court also confirmed the same - Apex court held that The defendant has not set up the case of having right of growing Tulsi and plucking flowers in the land in question and had only set up own title. That has not been proved. In the circumstances, having failed to prove the title and in the absence of any counter claim with respect to the right of growing Tulsi and plucking flowers, no decree could have been granted by the Trial court or by the High Court. The very basis of the defendants case was Gift Deed in proving which they have miserably failed and being not related in any capacity to the plaintiff, there was no question of relinquishing or release of any right whatsoever. The defendant could have succeeded only on the strength of having title or Gift Deed. In case, gift was there, there was no question of limited right being given to the defendant of growing Tulsi and plucking flowers. In the facts and circumstances of the case and that no issue was framed with respect to growing Tulsi and plucking flowers, no counter claim was filed by the defendent with respect to the aforesaid relief, in our considered opinion, it was not upon the trial court to pass such a decree in favour of defendant as has been done. Thus, the part of the decree passed by the trial court and by the High Court with respect to growing Tulsi and plucking flowers is hereby set aside. The appeal filed by the plaintiff is hereby allowed and the appeal filed by the defendant is hereby dismissed.


Hon'ble Mr. Justice Arun Mishra 
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IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA
CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION
CIVIL APPEAL NO.6760  OF 2018
(Arising out of SLP(C)No.24164 of 2014)
 M. THIMMA REDDY                                    Petitioner(s)
                                VERSUS
 G. RAVINDRA & ANR.                                 Respondent(s)

 WITH

CIVIL APPEAL NO. 6815  OF 2018
(Arising out of SLP(C)No. 31415 of 2014)

O R D E R
Leave granted.
These   appeals   have   been   preferred   by   the
plaintiff   as   well   as   by   the   defendants   aggrieved   by
the   judgment   and   order   of   the   trial   court   and   High
Court. The suit of the plaintiff has been decreed by
the   trial   court   with   costs   and   the   plaintiff   has
been   declared   to   be   the   absolute   owner   of   the   suit
schedule   property   and   injunction   has   also   been
granted   as   against   the   defendants   not   to   interfere
in   the   peaceful   possession   of   the   plaintiffs   over
the suit schedule property.   However, the defendants

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have   been   given   the   right   to   grow   Tulsi   and   pluck
flowers   in   the   suit   land   for   performance   of   pooja.
It   is   the   later   portion   by   which   the   defendant   have
been given right to grow Tulsi and pluck flowers for
performing   the   poojas   has   been   questioned   in   the
appeal   by   the   plaintiff   whereas   defendant   has   come
up   in   the   appeal   as   against   the   decree   granted   in
favour of plaintiff. The High Court has affirmed the
judgment and decree passed by the Trial Court.
The defendant had based its case on the basis
of   a   Gift   Deed   executed   by   M.Thimma   Reddy.   The   said
gift   deed,   has   not   been   produced   in   evidence   to
prove the case.   The plaintiff and defendant are not
related to each other.
     In settlement deed � P-2, there is a reference
to   the   fact   that   certain   portion   of   land   was
reserved   for   growing   of   Tulsi   and   plucking   the
flowers   for   the   purpose   of   charity   and   performance
of   pooja.     Reading   of   the   document   P-2   does   not
prove   the   title   in   favour   of   the   defendants   in   any
manner   whatsoever.     In   the   circumstances,   in   order
to   prove   the   title,   it   was   necessary   for   the
defendant   to   produce   the   gift   deed   and   to   prove   it.
That   has   not   been   done.   Even   other   relevant
documents   have   not   been   filed   as   observed   by   the
trial   court.   As   such,   the   concurrent   finding   that
has   been   recorded   that   the   defendant   has   not   been

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able   to   prove   his   title   is   unassailable   and   is   in
accordance   with   law   in   view   of   the   facts   and   the
evidence   on   record.   The   title   and   possession   of
plaintiff has rightly been found established.
The   defendant   has   not   set   up   the   case   of
having   right   of   growing   Tulsi   and   plucking   flowers
in   the   land   in   question   and   had   only   set   up   own
title.   That   has   not   been   proved.   In   the
circumstances,   having   failed   to   prove   the   title   and
in   the   absence   of   any   counter   claim   with   respect   to
the   right   of     growing   Tulsi   and     plucking   flowers,
no decree could have been granted by the Trial court
or   by   the   High   Court.   The   very   basis   of   the
defendants   case   was   Gift   Deed   in   proving   which   they
have   miserably   failed   and   being   not   related   in   any
capacity   to   the   plaintiff,   there   was   no   question   of
relinquishing   or   release   of   any   right   whatsoever.
The   defendant   could   have   succeeded   only   on   the
strength   of   having   title   or   Gift   Deed.     In   case,
gift   was   there,   there   was   no   question   of   limited
right   being   given   to   the   defendant   of   growing   Tulsi
and  plucking flowers.            
      In the facts and circumstances of the case and
that   no   issue   was   framed   with   respect   to   growing
Tulsi   and     plucking   flowers,   no   counter   claim   was
filed by the defendent with respect to the aforesaid
relief,   in   our   considered   opinion,   it   was   not   upon

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the   trial   court   to   pass   such   a   decree   in   favour   of
defendant   as   has   been   done.     Thus,   the   part   of   the
decree   passed   by   the   trial   court   and   by   the   High
Court   with   respect   to     growing   Tulsi   and     plucking
flowers is hereby set aside.
The   appeal   filed   by   the   plaintiff   is   hereby
allowed   and   the   appeal   filed   by   the   defendant   is
hereby dismissed.
Parties to bear their own costs. 
       �����������������������J.
[ARUN MISHRA]
���������������������� J.
[ S.ABDUL NAZEER ]
   New Delhi;
   17 th
 July, 2018.

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ITEM NO.24               COURT NO.8               SECTION IV-A
               S U P R E M E  C O U R T  O F  I N D I A
                       RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS
Petition(s) for Special Leave to Appeal (C) No(s).24164/2014
(Arising out of impugned final judgment and order dated  27-03-2014
in   RFA   No.   35/2012   27-03-2014   in   RFA   No.   1565/2011   passed   by   the
High Court Of Karnataka At Bengaluru)
M. THIMMA REDDY                                    Petitioner(s)
                                VERSUS
G. RAVINDRA & ANR.                                 Respondent(s)
WITH
SLP(C) No. 31415/2014

Date : 17-07-2018 These matters were called on for hearing today.
CORAM :
         HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE ARUN MISHRA
         HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE S.ABDUL NAZEER
For Petitioner(s) Mr. H.N.Nagmohan Das,Sr.Adv.
Mr. Shekhar G Devasa,Adv.
Mr. Manish Tiwari,Adv.
Mr. Luv Kumar,Adv.
                    M/S.Devasa & Co., AOR
                    Mrs.Vaijayanthi Girish, AOR
                 
For Respondent(s) Mr. V.Giri,Sr. Adv.
Mr. Gurukrishna Kumar,Sr.Adv.
Mr. Girish Ananthamurthy,Adv.
                    Mr. V. N. Raghupathy, AOR
                    Mrs.Vaijayanthi Girish, AOR
                    M/S.Devasa & Co., AOR                   
          UPON hearing the counsel the Court made the following
                             O R D E R
Leave granted.
The   appeal   filed   by   the   plaintiff   is   hereby
allowed   and   the   appeal   filed   by   the   defendant   is
hereby dismissed in terms of the signed order.
    (B.PARVATHI)                                (JAGDISH CHANDER)
    COURT MASTER                                  BRANCH OFFICER
(Signed order is placed on the file)