ARCHANA CHOPRA vs ANUJ GUGLANI AND ORS

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$~38 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI % Judgment delivered on: 09.03.2026 + FAO(OS) 27/2026&CM APPL. 13876/2026 ARCHANA CHOPRA .....Appellant Through: Mr. Gyanendra Kumar, Sr. Adv. with Mr. Soumya Dasgupta, Ms. Sugandh Virmani & Ms. Shambavi Dwivedi, Advs. versus ANUJ GUGLANI AND ORS .....Respondents Through: Mr. Sanjiv Bahl, Mr. Eklavya Bahl & Mr. Apoorva Bahl, Advs./R1 CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE VIVEK CHAUDHARY HON'BLE MS. JUSTICE RENU BHATNAGAR JUDGMENT CM APPL. 13877/2026(Exemption) 1. Allowed, subject to all just exceptions. 2. The application stands disposed of. FAO(OS) 27/2026 3. The present appeal has been filed under Section 10(1) of the Delhi High Court Act, 1966, assailing the Judgment and Order dated 15.01.2026 passed by the learned Single Judge in I.A. NO. 8202 of 2025 in C.S. (OS) No. 3398 of 2015, whereby, the application filed by the appellant under Order 7 Rule 11 of the Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (hereinafter referred to as, „CPC‟), seeking rejection of the plaint Signature Not Verified Signed By:PRIYADARSHANI JAIN Signing Date:13.03.2026FAO(OS) 27/2026 Page 1 of 9 15:31:34 was dismissed. 4. Briefly stated, the suit out of which the present appeal arises concerns the property bearing No. F-4/16, Model Town, Delhi (“the suit property”).As pleaded in the plaint, the suit property was purchased in the year 1957 allegedly out of joint family funds arranged by Dr. Chuni Lal Guglani and Smt. Ganesh Devi Guglani in the name of their son H.C. Guglani/Respondent No. 2. It is averred that the said property formed part of the family estate and was subsequently treated as property of a Hindu Undivided Family constituted in the name of “H.C. Guglani HUF”. It is further pleaded that Dr. Chuni Lal Guglani, Smt. Ganesh Devi Guglani and their children were mem