THE PROVINCE OF EAST PAKISTAN vs His HIGHNESS MAHARAJA KIRIT BIKRAM — 1965 PLD 310

Citation: 1965 PLD 310

Court: Dacca

Year: 1969

Decision Date: 1969-12-31

Parties: THE PROVINCE OF EAST PAKISTAN vs His HIGHNESS MAHARAJA KIRIT BIKRAM JUDGMENT

Headnotes

Case cited as PLD 1965 SC 310

Judgment Text

Court Name: Dacca Judge(s): Abdullah Jabir, B. A. Siddiqi Title:THE PROVINCE OF EAST PAKISTAN vs His HIGHNESS MAHARAJA KIRIT BIKRAM JUDGMENT Reported As: PLD 1970 Dacca 611 Result: Appeals allowed Judgment JUDGMENT B. A. SIDDIKY, C. J.-This judgment will dispose of First Appeals 8, 10 and 84 of 1959. Appeal No. 8 of 1959 arises out of Title Suit No. 12 of 1954/7 of 1957, Appeal No. 10 of 1959 arises out of Title Suit No. 33 of 1956/2 of 1958, and Appeal No. 84 of 1959 arises out of Title Suit No. 5 of 1951. Yet another suit being Title Suit No. 26 of 1953/4 of 1957 was filed by the plaintiff out of which arises First Appeal No. 10 of 1958 which is not before us. The aforementioned suits were filed by Maharaja Kirit Bikram Kishore Deb Barman of Tripura State, Agartala, against the Province of East Pakistan claiming certain sums of money. The plaintiff's case in all these three suits was that his predecessors-in-interest were the owners of vast Zamindaris in the District of Sylhet as well as in some other Districts of East Pakistan. One of his predecessors-in-interest, Maharaja Birchandra Manikya Bahadur, Ruler of Tripura State, brought Title Suit No. 101 of 1886 in the Court of the Subordinate Judge, Sylhet in his proprietary right for specific performance of an agreement to lease in respect of some lands described in the Schedules to these suits and for other reliefs against one John Muir and others. The suit was ultimately transferred to the Court of the District Judge,…

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