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IN THE HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA AT BENGALURU
ANU SIVARAMAN, VIJAYKUMAR A.PATIL
A.H. Prabhu S/o A.V. Hanumant Rao – Appellant
Versus
A.Y. Virupanna, B.Com, FCA S/o Amberkar Doddayellappa – Respondent
JUDGMENT :
(PER: HON'BLE MRS. JUSTICE ANU SIVARAMAN)
This Regular First Appeal is filed aggrieved by the Order on I.A.No.III dated 24.01.2025 passed by the III Additional Senior Civil Judge and JMFC, Davanagere ('trial Court' for short) in O.S.No.104/2024.
2. For the sake of convenience, the parties are referred to as per the rankings before the trial Court.
3. We have heard Shri. Revanna Bellary, learned counsel appearing for the appellant/plaintiff and Shri. G.B. Nandish Gowda, learned counsel appearing for caveator/respondent No.5/defendant No.4.
4. Brief facts of the case are as follows:-
The plaintiff filed a suit for partition and possession of the suit schedule property asserting that the plaintiff and the defendants are members of a joint family and that the property is joint family property, entitling the plaintiff to a 1/20th share. Defendant No.4 filed a written statement contending that he is the adopted son of A.V. Rama Rao and Parvathi Bai, that A.V. Rama Rao died leaving defendant No.4 as a sole legal heir and that the plaintiff and the other defendants have no right, title or interest over the suit schedule property. Thereafter defendant No.4 filed an Interlocutory Applic
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Order 7, Rule 14 of C.P.C. which provides for production of document.
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