Miscellaneous - Litigating Hand

C. Doddanarayana Reddy (Dead) By Lrs. & Ors. vs. C. Jayarama Reddy (Dead) By Lrs. & Ors., [Civil Appeal No. 2165 of 2009]

Concurrent finding of the fact is binding subject to certain exceptions

28. Recently in another judgment reported as State of Rajasthan v. Shiv Dayal, (2019) 8 SCC 637, it was held that a concurrent finding of the fact is binding, unless it is pointed out that it was recorded de hors the pleadings or it was based on no evidence or based on misreading of the material on records and documents. The Court held as under:

β€œWhen any concurrent finding of fact is assailed in second appeal, the appellant is entitled to point out that it is bad in law because it was recorded de hors the pleadings or it was based on no evidence or it was based on misreading of material documentary evidence or it was recorded against any provision of law and lastly, the decision is one which no Judge acting judicially could reasonably have reached. (see observation made by learned Judge Vivian Bose, J. as His Lordship then was a Judge of the Nagpur High Court in Rajeshwar Vishwanath Mamidwar & Ors. vs. Dashrath Narayan Chilwelkar & Ors., AIR 1943 Nagpur 117 Para 43).”