THE HON’BLE SMT. JUSTICE RENUKA YARA APPEAL SUIT No.46 of 2019

JUDGMENT:

Heard Sri Srinivasa Rao Madiraju, learned counsel for the appellants/defendant Nos.1 to 3, Smt. Vani Kandarpa, learned counsel for respondent No.1/plaintiff and Sri A. Radha Krishna, learned counsel for respondent Nos.2 to 4/defendant Nos.4 to 6.

2. This is an appeal preferred by the appellants/defendant Nos.1 to 3 aggrieved by the judgment and decree of the learned Judge, Family Court-cum-VI Additional District Judge at Khammam, dated 05.12.2018 in O.S.No.174 of 2012, whereby the suit filed for declaring respondent No.1/plaintiff as legal heir of Late Varanasi Ravi Kumar has been decreed. Further, decreed that respondent No.1/plaintiff is entitled for the death benefits and directed respondent Nos.2 to 4/defendant Nos.4 to 6 to release the death benefits of Late Varanasi Ravi Kumar in favour of respondent No.1/plaintiff.

3. For the sake of convenience, the parties in this appeal are referred to as they are arrayed in O.S.No.174 of 2012.

Facts of the case:

4. Defendant No.1 is the 1^st wife and defendant Nos.2 and 3 are the children of Late Varanasi Ravi Kumar. Defendant No.1 was married to Late Varanasi Ravi Kumar