Judgement

NARASIMHAM, J. :- These two connected appeals are by some of the defendants, against the decision of the Subordinate Judge of Sambalpur decreeing the plaintiffs suit for declaration of title, recovery of possession and damages in respect of certain property situate in Sambalpur District which originally belonged to one Lokanath Parichha. The said Lokanath Parichha died sometime in 1895 leaving three daughters through his first wife and a son named Satyanand through his second wife. The name of the second wife of Lokanath was Haripriya alias Srihari. But the parties differ as regards the name of his first wife, the plaintiffs asserting that she was Satyabhama alias Bhama, whereas the principal defendants urged that she was known as Malli. Satyanand succeeded to his fathers property but died unmarried sometime in 1902 and then his mother Haripriya succeeded him with the limited interest known as a Hindu Womans estate. She lived till 1942 and during this long period of nearly 40 years of her possession of the property as a limited owner, the Hindu Law of Inheritance underwent an important change which is mainly responsible for the present litigation. In 1929 the Legislature e