SHANKAR SIDDUBA D Vs. RATNA BAI

JUDGEMENT

(1.) Leave granted.

(2.) Respondent-ratna Bai filed a suit in respect of the land bearing R. S. No. 1184/1a situated at B. Bagewadi village claiming that her husband died on 17.6.1976; that, she is the sole heir of her husband, that, her name had been entered in the relevant records in respect of the suit land; that, even after the death of her husband, she had been cultivating the suit land and the appellants without having any right, title or interest over the suit land were obstructing her peaceful possession and enjoyment of the land in question; that, she sought for permanent injunction against the appellants from interfering with her possession and enjoyment of the land in question. The appellants who were defendants in the said suit pleaded that the land was in their possession throughout and the claim that the respondent has been in possession of the land is false; that, even her status as wife of her deceased husband was denied.

(3.) On the basis of the pleadings raised, the following issues were raised in the suit;