JUDGMENT :

This is a suit for partition, accounts and costs.

2. The plaintiff is one of the coparceners of the joint family, consisting of her father late P.L.Ramanathan @ P.L.Meenakshi Sundaram and her brother R.M.Sethu. Defendants 2 and 3 are the plaintiff’s mother and sister. The joint Hindu family of late P.L.Ramanathan @ P.L.Meenakshi Sundaram possessed several immovable properties at Chennai, Madurai and Kumbakonam, apart from the properties owned in Malaysia. The properties were purchased during the lifetime of plaintiff’s grandfather late Palaniappa Chettiar out of the joint family nucleus in the name of various members of joint Hindu Family of grandfather late Palaniappa Chettiar. Some of the properties of larger joint Hindu family of grandfather late Palaniappa Chettiar were divided and distributed to the joint Hindu family of his sons including joint Hindu family of P.L.Ramanathan @ P.L.Meenakshi Sundaram and few other properties still retain their character as properties of joint Hindu family of grandfather late Palaniappa Chettiar. Thus, all the assets and properties