JUDGMENT

N.V. RAMANA, J.:

The appellant is before us aggrieved by the judgment and decree passed by the High Court of Judicature at Bombay, in First Appeal No. 1662 of 1996, dated 22.12.2006. The High Court has partly allowed the appeal by setting aside the judgment of trial court and declared that the 1st defendant, who is the appellant herein, was not the adopted son of late Govardhandas Laxmichand Samsuka and consequently the appellant herein was permanently restrained from representing himself as son of Govardhandas and further restrained him from naming himself as Ratanlal Govardhandas Samsuka. A brief reference to the factual matrix necessary for disposal of the case on hand are, late Govardhandas has a brother by name Chunilal Laxmichand who is none other than the father of the 1st defendant/appellant herein. Right from his childhood, appellant used to reside with his paternal uncle Govardhandas. During his life Govardhandas used to carry on business of timber in the name of defendant No. 5 initially and later he inducted into business the appellant and defendant Nos. 2 to 4 as partners. After the death of Govardhandas his wife Sundarabai who is the original plaintiff in the s