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IN THE HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA, DHARWAD BENCH
R.NATARAJ, RAJESH RAI K
Umapathi, S/o. Kariyappa banakar – Appellant
Versus
Akkamma, W/o. Chandreshakhar Uppin – Respondent
JUDGMENT :
R.NATARAJ, J.
Defendants No.1 to 4 in O.S.No.21/2017 on the file of the Additional Senior Civil Judge & JMFC., Ranebennur (hereinafter referred to as the ‘trial Court’ for short) have filed this regular first appeal challenging the judgment and preliminary decree dated 20.12.2019 passed therein, by which it was declared that the plaintiff was entitled to 1/4th share in the suit schedule properties.
2. The parties shall henceforth be referred to as they were arrayed before the trial Court.
3. The plaintiff claimed that she and defendant Nos.1 to 3 are children of Sri.Kariyappa and Smt.Suvarnamma. She claimed that Kariyappa died on 06.03.2008 and Smt.Suvarnamma died on 12.12.2009. She contended that all of them constituted a joint family which owned and possessed the suit schedule properties. She claimed that after the death of the propositus, she and defendants No.1 to 3 succeeded to the estate. She claimed that defendant No.1 had got his name entered in the revenue records of certain properties and some properties in the names of defendants No.4 to 6 and hence, they too were arrayed as parties. She claimed that all the suit schedule properties were ancestral joint family pro
A joint family property remains so despite claims of prior partition; a coparcener retains rights to inheritance under the Hindu Succession Act.
A plaintiff can only establish entitlement to partition if they demonstrate joint ownership and the failure to do so, particularly through admissions and evidence of prior partition, warrants dismiss....
The heavy burden of proof upon the proponent of oral partition before it is accepted, as per the settled principle of law by the Apex Court.
In matters of inheritance in joint family properties, ancestral status prevails unless a valid Will is presented; thus, equitable shares must be allocated accordingly.
A coparcener in a joint family is entitled to an equal share in ancestral properties, and mere changes in revenue records do not confer absolute title.
Daughters are entitled to equal share in ancestral joint family property under Sec. 6 of the Hindu Succession Amendment Act 2005.
Daughters have equal coparcener rights in ancestral property under the Hindu Succession (Amendment) Act, 2005.
The court established that evidence must substantiate claims of oral partition, prioritizing the registered Partition Deed as definitive proof for ancestral property entitlements under the Hindu Succ....
The main legal point established in the judgment is that the burden of proof lies with the parties claiming a partition, and without convincing evidence, the court may decree the suit in favor of the....
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