ORAL JUDGMENT

(PER: THE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE ASHOK S. KINAGI)

This Regular First Appeal is filed by the appellants challenging the judgment and preliminary decree dated 24.04.2019 passed in O.S. No.351/2012 by the learned IV Additional Senior Civil Judge and JMFC, Belagavi.

2. For convenience, the parties are referred to, based on their ranking before the trial Court. Appellant Nos.1 and 2 are the legal representatives of defendant No.3, appellant Nos.3 and 4 were defendant Nos.4 and 5, appellant No.5 was defendant No.6 and the respondents were the plaintiffs.

3. Brief facts leading rise to the filing of this appeal are as follows:

The plaintiffs filed a suit against the defendants for partition and separate possession. It is the case of the plaintiffs that, deceased Gundu Jadhav was the original propositus and he had a wife by name Parvathibai. Gundu Jadhav died on 24.07.1985 and Smt. Parvathibai died on 07.10.1997. Defendant No.1 is the son of deceased Gundu Jadhav and Smt. Parvathibai. Defendant No.2 is the wife of defendant No.1. The plaintiffs and defendant No.3 are the children of defendant No.1 and defendant Nos.4 and 5 are the wife and daughter of deceased Parashuram. Parashuram