Plaintiffs in a title and injunction suit sought framing of an issue on whether they are governed by Kanwar tribal custom or the Hindu Succession Act. The High Court set aside rejection of their Order 14 Rule 5 CPC application, directed the trial court to frame the proposed issue and try it with other issues.
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Digitally signed SUMIT by SUMITKUMARDate: KUMAR 2026.04.1710:56:48 +0530
2026:CGHC:17301
NAFR
HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH AT BILASPUR
WP227 No. 435 of 2026
1 - Hariprasad S/o Late Shobhit Ram Aged About 45 Years R/o Village Raghunathpur, P S And Tahsil Lundra, District Surguja Chhattisgarh
2 - Chhatrapal S/o Late Shobhit Ram Aged About 43 Years R/o Village Raghunathpur, P S And Tahsil Lundra, District Surguja Chhattisgarh
3 - Babulal S/o Late Shobhit Ram Aged About 40 Years R/o Village Raghunathpur, P S And Tahsil Lundra, District Surguja Chhattisgarh
4 - Shanti Devi Wd/o Late Shobhit Ram Aged About 65 Years R/o Village Raghunathpur, P S And Tahsil Lundra, District Surguja Chhattisgarh
5 - Ramprasad S/o Late Samaru Aged About 55 Years R/o Village Raghunathpur, P S And Tahsil Lundra, District Surguja Chhattisgarh
... Petitioner(s)
versus
1 - Smt. Khulobai W/o Chetram Aged About 70 Years R/o Village Darridih, P S And P O And Tahsil Lundra, District Surguja Chhattisgarh
2 - Sulochani Bai W/o Mohar Sai Aged About 35 Years R/o Village Silphili, Chandauridand, Tahsil Bishrampur, District Surajpur Chhattisgarh
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3 - Dhaneshwari W/o Vashista Aged About 30 Years R/o Village Sighma, Tahsil Rajpur, District Balrampur-Ramanujganj Chhattisgarh
4 - State Of Chhattisgarh Through Collector Surguja, Ambikapur, District Surguja Chhattisgarh
5 - Tulaso Bai @ Tulo Bai D/o Samru And W/o Ramsai Aged About 65 Years R/o Village Raghunathpur, P.S. And Tahsil Raghunathpur, District Surguja Chhattisgarh
... Respondent(s)
For Petitioner(s) : Ms. Priyanka Mehta, Advocate For Respondent(s) : Mr. Ashutosh Trivedi, Panel Lawyer for the State
(Hon’ble Shri Justice Ravindra Kumar Agrawal, J.)
Order on Board
15/04/2026
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specific case of the petitioners/plaintiffs that they are governed by their own custom as they belongs to Kanwar, Scheduled Tribe Community and the Hindu Succession Act, 1956 is not applicable to their community. She would further submit that the defendants have denied in the written statement that they have not governed by their own customary law but they are governed by the Hindu Succession Act, therefore, the issue between the parties, as to whether, the parties are governed by their own custom or the Hindu Succession Act is applicable to them is the vital issue involved in the present suit, yet the learned trial Court has not frame that issues despite proposed by the petitioners/plaintiffs by their application and rejected the same, therefore, the learned trial Court may be directed to frame the issue and to try the same alongwith other issues.
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प्रा�प्ता नह? ह�ता� ह'। ��वंर र्जनर्ज�किता �0 यह प्राथा� किपढ़ीI दार किपढ़ीI सम�र्ज म, किनर�तार किनर् व िPघ्न एवं� अनवंतार सम�र्ज �� �ल्य�ण��र� प्राथा� ह�न� स� किवंधि* �� रूप ले� चिलेय� ह'। "
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यह किवंशो�ष रूप स� अम�न्य ह' कि� ��वंर र्ज�किता अन�स$चि&ता र्जनर्ज�किता ह'। उत्तर�धि*��र� �� म�मले� म� किहन्दु उत्तर�धि*��र� अधिकिनतायम 1956 भ�गता 2 �0 उप�र� 2 �� अन�स�र अन�स$चि&ता र्जनर्ज�किता �� सदास्य ह�न� �� ��रण उत्तर�धि*��र �� म�मले� म� किहन्दु उत्तर�धि*��र� अधिकिनयम 1956 शो�चिसता न ह��र प्रा&�न किहन्दु ले� र्ज� ( प्राथागता किवंधि ) एवं� ��वंर र्जनर्ज�किता म� अत्य�त्र प्रा�&�न��ले स� प्रा&चिलेता प्राथा� र्ज� प्रा�&�न ह�न� �� स�था ले�� किहता��र� ह'।
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शो�ष �थान ममगढता बन�वंटीI ह�न� �� ��रण अम�न्य ह'। "
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No.1 “क्या� वा�दी�गण एवा� प्रति�वा�दी�गण कवार जनज�ति� क� हो�कर व्यक्तिक्�ग� प्रथा� या�तिन
ज�ति�ग� प्रथा� से� शा�सिसे� हो��� हो�?” should be framed and to try the said additional issue alongwith other issues framed by learned trial Court in accordance with law.
Sd/(Ravindra Kumar Agrawal) JUDGE
Sumit
1 issue framed by the court
Whether the trial court erred in rejecting the plaintiffs' application under Order 14 Rule 5 CPC to frame an issue on applicability of customary law versus the Hindu Succession Act to the parties.
2 provisions across 2 enactments
Hariprasad
Chhatrapal
Babulal
Shanti Devi
Ramprasad
Smt. Khulobai
Ravindra Kumar Agrawal
As recorded by the court registry
Judgements on the same questions, provisions and authorities, from every court
