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P. B. BALAJI
Vijay Nahar – Appellant
Versus
Anil Nahar – Respondent
JUDGMENT :
P.B. BALAJI, J.
Prayer: Plaint filed under Order VII Rule 1 of CPC r/w Order IV Rule 1 of the O.S. Rules, praying to pass judgment in favour of the plaintiff against the defendants: (a) To declare the plaintiff’s half share in the suit schedule properties; (b) To appoint a Commissioner for division of the properties and allot half share in the suit schedule properties by metes and bounds; (c) To grant an injunction restraining the defendant, their men, agents, assignees from encumbering or alienating the suit schedule properties and (d) To appoint an Advocate Commissioner to ascertain the mean profits in respect of the suit schedule properties and direct the 1st respondent to render profits to the plaintiff for 3 years from the date of filing of the suit; (e) Directing the defendant to pay cost of the suit.
1. This is a suit for partition by way of declaring the plaintiff’s one half share in the suit properties which are listed out as Schedule A, being consisting of three items of immovable properties and Schedule B consisting of 1 item of immovable property at Jodhpur, Rajasthan and shares in the name of Late D.C. Nahar in M/s. Transworld Export Private Limited as on 11.01
A shareholder cannot claim ownership of a company's assets, and a suit for partition must include all necessary parties to be maintainable.
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The court ruled that a plaintiff’s limited interest in property, dictated by the will, cannot be construed as absolute ownership; undue influence invalidates share transfers.
Bona fide purchasers must act in good faith and with reasonable inquiry to gain protection under ownership claims; mere ignorance of actual ownership is not sufficient.
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The court reinforced that all legal heirs hold a right to inherit property shares upon intestate death, making unauthorized sales by one heir ineffective against co-heirs.
The central legal point established in the judgment is the requirement to prove the authenticity of wills and provide clear documentation to establish ownership rights in property disputes.
(1) Partition – Once disruption of joint family status takes place, coparceners cease to hold property as joint tenants but they hold as tenants-in-common.(2) Production of additional evidence – It i....
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