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IN THE HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA, AT DHARWAD
R. DEVDAS, B. MURALIDHARA PAI
Maleppa S/o. Venkappa Chanagoudar – Appellant
Versus
Parvatewwa W/O. Arjun Biroji – Respondent
| Table of Content |
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| 1. basic case structure and parties (Para 1 , 2 , 3) |
| 2. claims of property rights and ownership (Para 4 , 5) |
| 3. arguments presented by the parties (Para 7 , 8) |
| 4. court's assessment of party claims and evidence (Para 12 , 19) |
| 5. legal presumption of joint family property (Para 15 , 16) |
| 6. lack of evidence to claim joint ownership (Para 18 , 21) |
| 7. final order on property claims (Para 27) |
JUDGMENT :
B. MURALIDHARA PAI, J.
1. This is the regular first appeal filed by Defendant No.2 in O.S. No.69/2017 on the file of the Prl. Senior Civil Judge and JMFC, Mudhol under Order XLI Rule 1 read with Section 96 of Code of Civil Procedure challenging the judgment and decree dated 22.01.2020, passed therein.
2. The parties to this appeal are referred herein as per their status before the trial court.
3. Admittedly, the Plaintiffs and Defendant Nos.2, 3, 5 and 6 are the children of one Sri Venkappa Maleppa Chanagoudar and Defendant No.1 namely Smt. Parvatewwa.Defendant No.4 is the son of Defendant No.2.
4. The Plaintiffs, who are the daughters of the propositus, have maintained the suit claiming their 1/7th share each in Schedule B properties i.e. 11 items of landed properties and 2 items
The court established that there is no presumption of joint ownership in family properties, and the burden of proof to establish such claims lies with the party alleging joint ownership.
Children born from void marriages are entitled to inherit their father's share but do not hold coparcener rights until the father's death.
The court reaffirmed that daughters have equal rights as sons in ancestral properties, emphasizing the applicability of Section 6 of the Hindu Succession Act.
The burden of proof lies on the party asserting self-acquisition in joint family property, which is subject to partition among co-owners.
Daughters became coparceners under Hindu Succession (Tamil Nadu Amendment) Act, 1989, allowing them equal rights in joint family properties.
The presumption of joint family status in Hindu law requires clear evidence to establish prior partition; the Appellate Court allowed partition of one property acquired post-partition while dismissin....
The plaintiff must prove the existence of a joint family nucleus to establish claims over joint family properties; mere relation does not imply entitlement.
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