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IN THE HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA AT BENGALURU
ASHOK S.KINAGI
N. Vijayakumar S/o N. Hombanna – Appellant
Versus
Neelola Siddappa S/o N. Hombanna – Respondent
JUDGMENT :
ASHOK S. KINAGI, J.
1. This Regular Second Appeal is filed by the appellants challenging the judgment and decree dated 07.08.2014 passed in Regular Appeal No.93 of 2009 on the file of the learned Senior Civil Judge and JMFC, Harapanahalli.
2. For convenience, the parties are referred to based on their rankings before the Trial Court, viz., the appellants herein were defendant Nos.3 to 5 and 7; respondent No.1 herein was the plaintiff and respondent Nos.2 to 4 herein were defendant Nos.1, 2 and 6.
3. Brief facts, leading rise to the filing of this appeal are as follows.
4. The plaintiff filed the suit against the defendants for partition and separate possession of his one-eighth share in the suit schedule “A” and “B” properties. It is the case of the plaintiff that defendant No.1 is the father of the plaintiff; defendant Nos.2, 4, 5 and 6 are the sisters; and defendant Nos.3 and 7 are the brothers of the plaintiff. The plaintiff and the defendants are the members of the Hindu Undivided Family constituted by the Hindu Mitakshara law. The suit schedule “A” and “B” properties are the ancestral and joint family properties of the plaintiff and the defendants. The suit schedule “A”
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