IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS
P.B.BALAJI
T.R.S. Jayaprakash – Appellant
Versus
Parvathi, (Died) – Respondent
| Table of Content |
|---|
| 1. overview of parties and suit details. (Para 1 , 2) |
| 2. defendants' written statements and claims. (Para 3 , 6 , 18) |
| 3. details of property inheritance and claims. (Para 4 , 5 , 10) |
| 4. arguments presented by both parties. (Para 12 , 16 , 17) |
| 5. court's observations on claims of partition. (Para 20 , 34) |
| 6. final judgment and conclusions. (Para 44 , 46) |
JUDGMENT :
P.B. BALAJI, J.
The plaintiff, in a suit for partition, aggrieved by the dismissal of the suit by the trial Court, is the appellant herein.
2.Pleadings:
The Plaint in brief:
2.1. T.R.Sundara Gounder is the father of the plaintiff; defendants 2 to 4 and husband of the first defendant and under an oral partition he became entitled to 'A' scheduled properties. 'A' Schedule properties are ancestral properties at the hands of the plaintiffs and the defendants 2 to 4. T.R. Sundara Gounder died on 10.03.1978 and his wife Parvathy died, pending suit viz., on 23.12.2010. The said Sundara Gounder was the Kartha of the joint family and had purchased several properties from and out of the income acquring from ancestral and joint family properties, viz.,, suit 'A' Schedule properties. However, he had chosen to purchase properties

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