Supreme Court of India · 2019-07-03
Sopanrao vs Syed Mehmood .
- Citation / case number
- AIR 2019 SUPREME COURT 3113
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Petitioner
- Sopanrao
- Respondent
- Syed Mehmood .
- Author
- Deepak Gupta
- Bench
- Indira Banerjee, Deepak Gupta, N. V. Ramana
Judgment text excerpt
The Supreme Court upheld the findings of the District Judge and the High Court regarding the title of the land, confirming that the land belonged to Dargah Niyamatullah Shah and that the plaintiffs were descendants of Mutawalis. The Court dismissed the appellants' claims regarding limitation and maintainability, stating that the appeal does not abate despite the death of some plaintiffs. The Court emphasized that the issue of title is a finding of fact that cannot be disturbed, thereby affirming the lower courts' decisions.