Sukhwinder Kaur @ Amrit Kaur v. Ravinder Singh
Case brief
What is this about?
Compromise/mediation-based disposal of a regular second appeal (Himachal Pradesh): joint application under Order 23 Rule 3 r/w Section 151 CPC taken on record (Ext. C1) and made part of decree; quashing of trial-court declaratory decree (12.07.2021) and first appellate decree affirming it upon family (father-daughter) settlement; directive to Tehsildar for incorporation of settlement in records of rights and mutation attestation; undertaking enforceable under Contempt of Courts Act; subject land acquired by registered exchange deed No.1113 dated 23.06.2016; no precedent cases cited; no substantive legal issue adjudicated.
What did the court decide?
Second appeal disposed of as compromised inter se the parties: the trial Court's decree of injunction dated 12.07.2021 and the first appellate decree affirming it were quashed and set aside; the joint compromise application with affidavits (Ext. C1) forms part of the decree; Tehsildar, Nalagarh directed to incorporate the settlement in records of rights and mutation attestation strictly in terms of the compromise; parties bound by terms on pain of Contempt of Courts Act; pending applications disposed of.