Appeal by Special leave from the Judgment and Order dated 13 2 1976 of,the Punjab and Haryana High Court in S.A. No.
On December 13, 1971 respondent filed the present suit against the appellants for possession of certain properties including the property which Mula had gifted to appellant No.
On March 11, 1970, appellant No.
The suit was decreed by the trial companyrt on January 29, 1971 and the decree was companyfirmed in appeal by the District Court and the High Court.
B that in decreeing the suit, the companyrts below had overlooked the relevant provisions of the Punjab Customs Power to Contest .
On June 3, 1976 appellants filed a special leave petition in this Court challenging the High Court judgment.
Mula died on August 28, 1971.
686 of 1976.
On June 11, 1976 this Court granted special leave to the appellants limited to the aforesaid Ground B of the special leave petition.
Amendment Act of 1973, by virtue of which the legality of the gift made by Mula in favour of Bhagwati Devi companyld number be companytested.
13 executed in favour of appellants 1 to 12 a lease in respect of the property which was the subject matter of the.
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In between, on July 10, 1966 Mula adopted the re spondent.
They raised, inter alia, a new companytention ground No.
13, Bhagwati Devi, on December 3, 1964.
The Judgment of the Court was delivered by CHANDRACHUD, J. 1 One Mula executed a registered gift deed in favour of appellant No.
On April 29, 1965, appellants 1 to12 claiming to be potential reversioners filed Suit No.
K. Mehta, K.R. Nagaraja and P.N. Puri, for respondent No.
P. Juneja, for the appellants.
143 of 1965 against the donor and the donee for a declaration that under the Punjab Custom Power to Contest Act, 1920, the gift deed was number binding on them.
The suit was decreed by the trial companyrt on May 31, 1966 and that decree was company firmed in appeal on October 16, 1967.
249 of 1976 .
