FA/1674/1996

NEUTRAL CITATION C/FA/1674/1996 JUDGMENT DATED: 21/01/2026 2026:GUJHC:13439 IN THE HIGH COURT OF GUJARAT AT AHMEDABAD R/FIRST APPEAL NO. 1674 of 1996 FOR APPROVAL AND SIGNATURE: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DEVAN M. DESAI ========================================================== Approved for Reporting Yes No ========================================================== EXECUTIVE ENGINEER (G.E.B).(NOW PASHCHIM GUJARAT VIJ COMPANY LTD) & ORS. Versus DECEASED HARIHARPRASAD JAVERILAL JAYSWAL THROUGH HEIRS & ORS. ========================================================== Appearance: MS LILU K BHAYA(1705) for the Appellant(s) No. 1,2,3 DECEASED LITIGANT for the Defendant(s) No. 1 MR PM LAKHANI(1326) for the Defendant(s) No. 1.1,1.2,1.3,1.4,1.5 MRS R P LAKHANI(3811) for the Defendant(s) No. 1.1,1.2,1.3,1.4,1.5 ========================================================== CORAM:HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DEVAN M. DESAI Date : 21/01/2026 ORAL JUDGMENT 1. This appeal is preferred by the appellants – original defendants under Section 96 of the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 (hereinafter referred to as ‘the Code’) challenging the judgment and decree dated 27.02.1996 (for short, ‘the impugned judgment’) passed