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Thakur, CJ. and Kurian Joseph, J. held that the strained effort made by the High Court in second appeal to arrive at a different finding is wholly unwarranted apart from being impermissible under law.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Relying on a plethora of judgments passed by the Supreme Court in this regard including Kulwant Kaur v. Gurdial Singh Mann (Dead) by Lrs. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.scconline.com\/LoginForNewsLink\/2001_4_SCC_262\">(2001) 4 SCC 262<\/a>, S.R. Tiwari v. Union of India <a href=\"http:\/\/www.scconline.com\/LoginForNewsLink\/2013_6_SCC_602\">(2013) 6 SCC 602<\/a> and Rajinder Kumar Kindra v. Delhi Administration, Through Secretary (Labour) \u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.scconline.com\/LoginForNewsLink\/1984_4_SCC_635\">(1984) 4 SCC 635<\/a>, the Court held that the first appellate court under Code of Civil Procedure is the last court of facts. 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