The plaintiff in O.S.136/2006 on the file of Senior Civil Judge, Sirsi has preferred this appeal challenging the judgment and decree dated 17.08.2010. By referring to the parties with respect to their positions in the suit, the pleadings put in a nutshell are as follows:-

2. Plaintiff is the widow one Narayan Devaru Hegde, who died on 13.07.2006. The defendants 1 to 5 are her children. During the time when plaintiff’s husband was alive, because of lack of understanding between the members of the family, the 3rd defendant became separated by executing a release deed on 17.03.1989. On 08.03.1994, there took place a partition of the joint family properties through a registered partition deed and the defendants 1 and 2 got separated. It appears that a suit 12/1999 came to be filed by one of the members of the family and this suit was referred to Lok Adalath where the partition dated 08.03.1994 was cancel led and the defendants 1 to 3 readjusted their shares in the joint family. In the compromise, the plaint “A & C” schedule properties were allotted to the share of the plaintiff and her husband. “B” schedule property consists of certain deposits in various banks and financial i