Mahadev Pundlik Lohande v. Smt. Mainabai Narayanrao Dabhekar
Case brief
What is this about?
Bombay High Court, Nagpur Bench (Rohit W. Joshi, J.; decided 09/02/2026; neutral citation 2026:BHC-NAG:2216), Second Appeal No.52 of 2024, Mahadev Pundlik Lohande v. Smt. Mainabai Narayanrao Dabhekar: second appeal dismissed against concurrent decrees for partition and separate possession; the only disputed issue was proof of the plaintiff's sisterhood to the defendant, resolved on the evidence of the defendant's daughter; no substantial question of law arose. Keywords: partition, separate possession, second appeal, concurrent findings, proof of relationship, substantial question of law, evidence of close relative.
What did the court decide?
The relationship between the plaintiff and the defendant is proved: the deposition of the defendant's daughter admitting the relationship cannot be discarded, and the concurrent conclusions of both courts below, founded on reliable evidence including her testimony, cannot be faulted.