Sajjan Singh Dhillon v. Thandi Ram and Ors.
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Punjab and Haryana High Court, Chandigarh; RSA-2098-2001 (O&M); Justice Mandeep Pannu; regular second appeal; plaintiff's declaratory suit dismissed; challenge to compromise decree dated 25.11.1989 (Civil Suit No.777-C) and consent decrees Ex.P142/Ex.P143 dated 25.11.1989 and 02.12.1989; Joint Hindu Family property versus self-acquired property; individual Army allotment; joint family nucleus; blending into hotchpotch; Jats of Haryana governed by customary law, no custom pleaded; unregistered and unstamped deed of agreement Ex.PW15/2 dated 08.11.1989 inadmissible, compulsory registration under Section 17 of the Registration Act; photocopy without secondary evidence foundation; letters Ex.PW16/A-D mere intention, not partition; fraud must be specifically pleaded and strictly proved; non-impleadment no ground where appellant had no right; estoppel by own consent decree Ex.D2 dated 02.12.1989; admission in earlier plaint cannot create title; declaration simpliciter barred by proviso to Section 34 Specific Relief Act, 1963 for want of possession; concurrent findings neither perverse nor illegal; appeal dismissed; pending applications disposed.