Law: Specific Relief Act (I of 1877)

Section: 42

Law: Limitation Act (IX of 1908)

Section: 144

Law: Court Fees Act (VII of 1870)

Section: 17(iii)

Law: Civil Procedure Code (V of 1908)

Section: 27

Law: Evidence Act (I of 1872)

Section: 115

Law: Transfer of Property Act (IV of 1882)

Section: 10,11

(a) Specific Relief Act (I of 1877)---S. 42-Rectification of revenue record based on compromise decree obtained in partition suit-Can be set aside in declaratory suit by co-sharer not bound by decree-Setting aside of decree itself not necessary in cir cumstances of case-Declaratory suit without prayer for possession of property in dispute-Limitation-Governed by Art. 120 and not Art. 144, Limitation Act (IX of 1908).   Mst. Rup Rani v. Bithal Das A I R 1938 Oudh 1; B. Ghulam Qadir v. Bulaqi Mall & Sons P L D 1949 Lah. 461; Mst. Roop Rani v. Bithal Das (1938) I L R 13 Luck. 628; Kalu Ram v. Babu Lal (1932) I L R 54 All. 811; Gobind Chandra Sardar v. Bhagabat Sardar A I R 1915 Cal. 473; Sashi Kumar Sarkhel v. Chandra Kumar Somaddal A I R 1923 Cal. 204 and Ghulam Muhammad Khan v. Samundar Khan A I R 1936 Lah. 37 ref.   P. Lakshmi Reddy v. L. Lakshmi Reddy A I R 1957 S C 314 distinguished.   Speck Relief Act (I of 1877)---S. 42-Compromise decree obtained in partition suit-Co-sharer choosing to challenge decree on ground of collusiveness or fictitiousness -Can file a simple suit for declaration that decree was not binding on him-Such suit falls under Art. 17 (iii), Sch. II, Court Fees Act (VII of 1870).   Hakim Rai v. Firm Ishar Das A I R .1927 Lah. 499; Sureshchandra Jamietram v. Rai Ishwari A I R ? 938 Bom. 206; Kanmamal v. Sauka Kaishuoururthi 33 M L J 676 ; Dwarka Das v. Krishan Kishore A I R 1921 Lah. 34 and Govindrai v. Rajabi (1930-31) 35 Cal. W N 438 distinguished.   Zainatun Nissa v. Girinndra Nath Mukerjee 30 Cal. 788; Bagala Sundari Debi v. Prosanna Nath Mookerjee 21 Cal. W N 375 and Arunachalam Chetty v. Rangaswamy Pillai 38 Mad. 922 ref.   Civil Procedure Code (V of 1908)---O. XLI, r. 27-Addi tional evidence-Documentary evidence neither rejected by trial Court nor necessary for pronouncing judgment in appeal-Appli cation for production of such evidence rejected. (d) Evidence Act (I of 1872)---S. 115-Estoppel-Gift of landed property-Dispute about shares of donees-Allegation that six years after making gift donor himself secured a compromise decree in partition suit not established-Donee adversely affected, held, not…