RACHNA MEHNIDRATTA vs GIRDHARI LAL

* IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI % Judgment Reserved on: 15.11.2025 Judgment pronounced on: 21.11.2025 FAO 78/2023 & CM APPLs. 15779/2023, 21111/2023 RACHNA MEHNIDRATTA .....Appellant Through: Mr. Harshit Vashisht, Mr. Avinash Kapoor, Mr. Dipayan Gupta and Mr. Shivdeep Kumar Tripathi, Advocates Versus GIRDHARI LAL .....Respondent Through: Mr. Dinesh Garg, Advocate alongwith respondent in person. CORAM: HON'BLE MS. JUSTICE CHANDRASEKHARAN SUDHA JUDGMENT CHANDRASEKHARAN SUDHA, J. 1. The present appeal under section 104 read with Order XLIII Rule 1 and section 151 of the Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (the CPC)assails the correctness of the order dated 20.02.2023 passed by the learned Additional District Judge, West District, Tis Hazari Courts, Delhi, in CS No. 582/2019, titled as “Girdhari Lal v. Narender Kumar & Ors.”, whereby the trial 2. The property in question is 38/1, Ground Floor, Double Storey, Ramesh Nagar, New Delhi (the suit property), originally allotted to late Shri Lila Ram undervide a registered lease dated 30.04.1965. The respondent/plaintiff herein asserts that upon the demise of the original allottee, the property devolved upon the legal heirs of late Shri Lila