Evidence Act, 1872, Section 112 -- Partition suit - DNA test - Paternity of daughter disputed by father - Father cannot file an application to send daughter for DNA test - Father has to adduce evidence in any other manner to prove that plaintiff is not his daughter - Application rightly dismissed...........
Hindu Law -- Joint family property - Alienation by Karta - Alienation in favour of defendant Nos.13 & 14 was for the purpose of legal necessity - It is not denied that Defendant No. 1 was Karta of joint Hindu family and agreements for sale as well as sale deed was executed by him - During his life time, father of plaintiff did not object to alienations - Sale was thus,..........
Partition suit -- Settlement deed - Father of plaintiff and defendant Nos.2 to 4 executed a registered settlement deed in their favour and by virtue of said settlement deed, plaintiff is having 1/4th undivided share in suit property - However, defendant Nos. 2 to 4 alienated entire suit property to defendant No.1 under a registered sale deed - Defendant No.1 also without..........
Will -- Suspicious circumstance - Execution of Will in favour of daughter - Plaintiff is second wife of testator having her own income - Defendant is daughter of first wife of testator and his only offspring, who lost her mother immediately after her birth - It is quite natural that such a father shows more affection to his daughter - Conduct of testator in deciding to..........
Civil Procedure Code, 1908, Order 7, Rule 11 -- Rejection of plaint - Partition suit - Father of plaintiff acquired property by way of partition that took place in 1986, which fell in his hands as his self-acquired property - Admittedly, plaintiff does not fall in any of categories of Class I heirs of grandfather as prescribed u/s 8 of Hindu Succession Act and inheritance..........
Stamp Act, 1899, Section 3 -- Stamp duty - Consent decree - Plaintiff has prayed for partition of suit property left behind by his father and during pendency of suit, plaintiff and defendant settled their dispute and have entered into terms of Settlement - Plaintiffs and defendants were not having any pre-existing right over property - Merely by executing a terms of..........
Partition suit -- Plea of prior partition by defendant - Suit property is self acquired property of father of DW1 and he died intestate - It is highly unimaginable in respect of self acquired property of father of DW1, he voluntarily visited office of ADLR and furnished details as to how property is to be partitioned, as contended by DW1 - Moreover, no share was reserved..........
Joint Family Property -- Partition suit - Partition took place in 1983 and portion of suit property was purchased by defendant No.1/father of plaintiff in 1984 - Since partition was held among family members of first defendant, his parents and brothers and sister, ancestral property ceased to be joint family property on the date of partition itself - Suit for partition..........
Specific Relief Act, 1963, Section 34, 38 -- Suit for declaration and injunction - Defendant contended that suit property was allotted to his father in partition, but he has not produced any document to show that suit property was ancestral property - Plaintiffs on the other hand proved their right and title based on Assignment Order in respect of suit property - They have..........
Civil Procedure Code, 1908, Order 7, Rule 14 -- Production of documents - Partition suit - Defendant denied that plaintiff is daughter of legally wedded wife `R' of his father - Plaintiff sought to produce sale deeds said to have been purchased by mother of plaintiff - Even if documents were taken on record, same would not prove that plaintiff is daughter of `R' and father..........
