JUDGMENT :

Aggrieved over the decree and judgment passed by the learned Additional Sessions Judge, Fast Track Mahila Court, Thiruvannamalai, dated 06.12.2018, in O.S.No.38 of 2017, granting 3/4th share from ‘A’ Schedule Item Nos.1 to 15, 25 and 26 and the entire ‘B’ Schedule property to the plaintiffs, the 2^nd defendant in the suit has filed the present Appeal.

3.The plaintiffs and the 2^nd defendant are the daughters of the 1^st defendant. The defendants 3 to 18 are the purchasers of some of the suit A-Schedule properties from the 1^st defendant, on various dates.

4.2.While so, in the month of January, 2008, there arose some misunderstanding between the plaintiffs and the 1^st defendant and according to the plaintiffs, the 1^st defendant was acting against the welfare of the joint family, as he failed to produce the income accounts and as well as the lodge maintenance expenditure. When the matter stood thus, the 2^nd defendant claimed some false title over the B-Schedule property on the ground that the 1^st defendant has settled the property in her favour. After that, the plaintiffs came to know that a settlement de