JUDGMENT :

T. RAVINDRAN, J.

Prayer: First Appeal filed under Section 96 of Civil Procedure Code, against the judgment and decree passed in O.S. No. 48 of 2002 dated 12.12.2012 on the file of the Court of District Judge, Karaikkal.

1. Aggrieved over the judgment and decree dated 12.12.2012 passed in O.S. No. 48 of 2002, on the file of the District Judge, Karaikkal, the plaintiff has preferred the first appeal.

2. For the sake of convenience, the parties are referred to as per their rankings in the trial court.

3. Suit for partition and future mesne profits.

4. The case of the plaintiff, in brief, is that she is the only daughter of the deceased Rathinam Chettiar through his second wife Vasantha. The first defendant is the only son of the deceased Rathinam Chettiar, through his first wife Saraswathy. Rajeswari and Jamuna are the daughters of the deceased Rathinam Chettiar through his first wife Saraswathy. The suit property is the self acquired property of the deceased Rathinam Chettiar and the first defendant had neglected the deceased Rathinam Chettiar and even the daughters of the Rathinam Chettiar born through his first wife did not evince interest on his well being and during his last