Civil Procedure Code, 1908, Order 20, Rule 18 -- Partition suit - Preliminary decree - Exclusion of one property - Property in question is in exclusive possession of defendant no.13 - It is a long and continuous possession from the date of purchase in the year 1977 and 1983 - Mutation of records stands in the name of defendant no.13 - More so, claim of plaintiff in respect..........
Civil Procedure Code, 1908, Order 8, Rule 1(A3) -- Late production of documents - Will - Partition suit - Defendant not pleaded in additional written statement regarding Will in question nor said Will filed along with additional written statement - Even, there is no reference to date of execution of Will in additional written statement - In the absence of pleading, any..........
Partition suit -- Partial partition - Suit for partial partition must fail...........
Partition suit -- Alienation of property - Mere entry in settlement record of name of party cannot confer any alienable title on her...........
Hindu Law -- Joint Family Property - Alienation by Karta - Legal necessity - Alienees have pleaded legal necessity - Therefore, it is for alienees to prove legal necessity - Alienations were for medical expenses of senior male member of family and thereafter for building the house and family maintenance - Sale deed executed in favour of alienees is valid and prove legal..........
Evidence Act, 1872, Section 101 -- Burden of proof - Partition suit - Initial burden of proving suit property to be joint family property is on plaintiffs - Therefore it is for plaintiffs to prove through oral and documentary evidence that suit property was purchased out of joint family income...........
Hindu Law -- Joint Family Property - Partition suit - Plaintiff admitted that suit property is self acquired property of mother/defendant No.1 - No iota of evidence produced by plaintiffs to show that suit property is joint family property - Plaintiffs not entitled for relief of partition as claimed in the plaint - Suit rightly dismissed...........
Civil Procedure Code, 1908, Order 6, Rule 17 -- Amendment of plaint - Partition suit - Amendment sought before commencement of trial and to insert an additional relief - Amendment sought is to avoid multiplicity of proceedings and for effective and proper adjudication of controversy between the parties - Amendment allowed...........
Eviction suit by a co-owner -- Plea of partition by tenant - Tenant has no concern with partition of property in dispute and it is open only for co-owners - Tenant has no right to raise issue of partition in eviction suit...........
Civil Procedure Code, 1908, Order 39, Rule 1, 2 -- Temporary injunction - Co-sharers - Subsequent purchaser from co-sharers of a joint family property proceeded with construction of property without land being partitioned amongst co-sharers or divided through settlement - No demarcation has taken place over land in question - In absence of partition or demarcation, it..........
