K. MURALI SHANKAR
S. Saroja – Appellant
Versus
M. Balasubramanian – Respondent
JUDGMENT :
PRAYER :- Appeal Suit filed under Section 96 of the Code of Civil Procedure against the Judgment and Decree, passed in O.S.No.47 of 2012, dated 29.01.2014, on the file of II Additional District Judge, Trichy.
The Appeal Suit is directed against the judgment and decree passed in O.S.No.47 of 2012, dated 29.01.2014, on the file of II Additional District Court, Trichy.
2. The gist of the plaintiff's case in short is as follows:
(a) One Mariyayee and her husband Vadivelu had two sons viz., Chellamuthu and Muthukaruppan and a daughter by name Thangaponnammal. Chellamuthu had a son viz., Shanmugam and Muthukaruppan had two sons viz., Balasubramanian (plaintiff) and Ramachandran. The first defendant Saroja is the wife of the said Shanmugam and the second defendant Sasikala is the daughter and the third defendant Sathish Kumar is the said Shanmugam and Saroja. Mariyayee's daughter Thangaponnammal had no issues. There was a strained relationship between the first defendant and her husband and that resulted in a maintenance case in M.C.No.22 of 1988.
(b) The said Mariyayee Ammal had executed a gift settlement deed in favour of her daughter Thangaponnammal, vide document dated 23.01.196
A.Sreenivasa Pai and another Vs.Saraswathi Ammalalias G.Kamala Bai reported in (1985)4 SCC 85
Diyyala Gopala Krishna Murhty Vs.Pullagura Dhanalakshamma and Others reported in (2010) 15 SCC 125
Section 14(1) of the Hindu Succession Act grants absolute ownership to a female Hindu in possession of property acquired in lieu of maintenance.
The court established the principle that under the Tamil Nadu Amendment Act 1/1990, a daughter is entitled to her share in ancestral property, and any disposition or alienation without her consent is....
The main legal point established in the judgment is the interpretation of the Hindu Succession Act and the determination of entitlement to shares in ancestral and self-acquired properties.
The court established that property classified as stridhana under the Hindu Succession Act grants absolute ownership rights to female heirs, overriding previous limited rights.
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