ANUJ CHOPRA & ORS vs VANEETA KHANNA & ORS

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$~ * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI % Judgment reserved on: 29.08.2025 Judgment pronounced on: 10.09.2025 + RFA(OS) 117/2015, CM APPL. 16630/2017, CM APPL. 7931/2018 & CM APPL. 59791/2023 ANUJ CHOPRA & ORS .....Appellants Through: Mr. Anil Sapra, Sr. Adv. with Mr. Gaurav Mitra, Mr. Kartik Nagarkatti, Mr. Sanidhya Kumar, Ms. Khushi, Mr. Rakshit Das, Ms. Lavanya Pathak, Advs. versus VANEETA KHANNA & ORS .....Respondents Through: Mr. Sandeep Thukral, Ms. Sana Thukral, Advs. with R-1 in- person + RFA(OS) 21/2016 & CM APPL. 7932/2018 RAJEEV GUPTA .....Appellant Through: Mr. Assem Malhotra, Adv. versus VANEETA KHANNA & ORS .....Respondents Through: Mr. Sandeep Thukral, Ms. Sana Thukral, Advs. with R-1 in- person Mr. Rishi Manchanda, Mr. Lakhan Gupta, Advs. for R-3 & 4 CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE ANIL KSHETARPAL HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE HARISH VAIDYANATHAN SHANKAR Signature Not Verified RFA(OS) 117/2015 & connected matter Page 1 of 16 Signed By:JAI NARAYAN Signing Date:11.09.2025 15:28:33 JUDGMENT ANIL KSHETARPAL, J. 1. Through the present Appeals filed under Section 96 of the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 [hereinafter referred to as ‘CPC’] read with Section 10(1) of the Delhi High Court Act, 1966, the Appellants assail the correctness of common judgment dated 01.10.2015 [hereinafter referred to as ‘Impugned Judgment’] passed by the learned Single Judge. 2. With the consent of learned counsel for the parties, both Appeals are heard together and are being disposed of by this common judgment. Brief Factual Matrix: 3. In order to comprehend the issues involved in the present case, the relevant facts in brief are required to be noticed. Late Sh. Lakhi Ram Gupta [hereinafter referred to as ‘Sh. L.R. Gupta’] acquired the property admeasuring 267 sq. yds., bearing No. 8/289, Sunde