IN THE HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA, DHARWAD BENCH
M.G.S. KAMAL, J
Hanamappa Hanamantappa – Appellant
Versus
Pundalik Hanamappa – Respondent
JUDGMENT :
M.G.S. KAMAL, J.
1. This appeal is by defendant Nos.1 and 2 being aggrieved by judgment and decree, dated 28.09.2004 passed in O.S. No. 109/1993 on the file of the Civil Judge (Jr. Dn.) Ramdurg (for short “the trial Court”) which is confirmed by the judgment and order dated 18.02.2006 passed in R.A. No.61/2004 on the file of the Civil Judge Senior Division, Saundatti (for short “the First Appellate Court”).
2. The above suit is filed by the respondent No.1 herein as plaintiff No.2 along with his mother Smt.Yellamma, as plaintiff No.1, who died during the pendency of the suit, seeking partition and separate possession of their 8/27th share in the suit schedule property and for the relief of permanent injunction against defendant Nos.1 to 3 restraining them from alienating the suit property by metes and bounds.
3. The plaint schedule properties consist of eight items of landed properties described as schedule A to the plaint. The house property is described as schedule B to the plaint and certain movable properties are described as schedule C to the plaint.
4. The case of the plaintiffs is that, one Yellappa Yankappa Birasiddi, the propositus of the family, was the owner of the
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In matters of inheritance in joint family properties, ancestral status prevails unless a valid Will is presented; thus, equitable shares must be allocated accordingly.
Married daughters are entitled to a share in joint family properties, and their marital status does not negate their legal rights to inheritance as established by 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....
A prior partition established the ownership of properties among family members, and plaintiffs failed to prove their claims for further partition as required.
Partition claims require substantial evidence of family status and prior division; mere admissions during cross-examination do not prove separation.
The mother of a deceased Hindu male is a Class-I heir and entitled to a share in the property left by the deceased. Her legal heirs are also entitled to a share after her death.
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