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Peter Augustine v. K.V. Xavier and Others

Issue arose whether High Court was justified in remitting the matter back to the trial court on the second for de-novo disposal…

Allowed
Court
Supreme Court of India
Decided
23 May 2025
Citation
[2025] 5 S.C.R. 1007
Case no.
CIVIL APPEAL No. 7160/2024
Bench
Bhushan Ramkrishna Gavai, Augustine George Masih

Issue for consideration

Issue arose whether High Court was justified in remitting the matter back to the trial court on the second for de-novo disposal – Correctness: Held: High Court remitted the matter back to the trial court only on the ground that there was no proper identification of the subject land by the Court Commissioner – Appeal could have been very well decided on the basis of the interpretation of

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