1. Heard Sri Anil Tiwari, learned Senior Counsel for the defendant/Appellant, and Mr. Manish Goyal, learned Senior Counsel assisted by Mr. Nipun Singh, learned counsel for the plaintiff/Respondent at great at length.
2. This First Appeal under Section 96 of the Code of Civil Procedure has been filed by the appellant, Vinod Kumar Jalan (hereinafter “the defendant”), challenging the judgment and decree dated 07.03.2006 passed by the learned Civil Judge (Senior Division), Gorakhpur, in Original Suit No. 570 of 2004. By the impugned judgment, the trial court declared the sale deed dated 16.06.2003 to be ineffective and granted a permanent prohibitory injunction restraining the defendant from interfering with the plaintiff’s possession over the disputed property.