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SREENIVAS HARISH KUMAR, UMESH M. ADIGA
M. S. Jagadeesh, S/o. Late M. C. Someshwar – Appellant
Versus
B. J. Jayasanthosh, S/o. M. S. Jagadeesh – Respondent
JUDGMENT :
Sreenivas Harish Kumar, J.
This is an appeal against the order dated 02.12.2016 in O.S.No.301/2008 on the file of I Additional Senior Civil Judge, Mysuru holding the suit not maintainable and rejecting the plaint under Order VII Rule 11(a) of CPC.
2. Shorn of details, the case of the plaintiffs is like this:
One Chikkayallappa was the propositus of the joint family. He had three sons and a daughter by name M.C. Somakka. The plaintiffs are the legal heirs of M.C. Somakka. Chikkayallappa died in the year 1915 and M.C. Somakka died on 24.09.1990, at the age of 77 years. The defendants are the legal heirs of the sons of Chikkayallappa. The plaintiffs claimed partition in the plaint schedule property bearing Municipal Door Nos.222, 223, 224, 232 and 592 situate at Mandi Mohalla, Sayyaji Road, Mysuru, stating that the said property belonged to the joint family and they too have a legitimate share in it. Defendants No.23 to 25 are the persons in whose name the suit property stood at the time when the suit was filed.
3. The defendants No.24 and 25 filed written statement denying the right of Somakka to inherit the property and thereby the right of the plaintiffs to claim the property
A plaint can be rejected under Order VII Rule 11(a) for lack of cause of action, even without a defendant's application, if the plaintiffs have no valid claim to relief.
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