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SUPREME COURT
*Hemant Gupta, Vikram Nath, JJ.
Geetabai – Appellant
Versus
Pandurang – Respondent
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| 1. determination of property ownership following the death of a family member. (Para 1 , 2) |
| 2. clarification of joint family property status and affirmations from earlier courts. (Para 3 , 4) |
| 3. assessment of claims to property based on familial ties and evidence presented. (Para 5 , 6 , 7) |
| 4. emphasis on necessity of concrete evidence for property claims. (Para 8 , 10 , 12 , 14) |
| 5. final ruling on property shares among family descendent. (Para 15 , 16 , 17) |
1. The plaintiff filed the present appeal against the judgment dated 01.10.2008 passed by the High Court of Judicature at Bombay dismissing the second appeal filed by her. However, the plaintiff died on 18.12.2014 during the pendency of the appeal. Now, the legal representatives of the deceased are prosecuting the present appeal.
2. The question for consideration herein is whether the properties at villages Pirangut and Nande are joint family ancestral properties in the hands of Maruti, the deceased son of Balaji, predecessor of the parties in appeal. The admitted family tree shows that Balaji was the common ancestor. He left behind his four sons, Narayan, Raghunath, Maruti and Sopan. Maruti died on 13.7.1966. He marr
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