Partition suit -- Alienation of property - Mere entry in settlement record of name of party cannot confer any alienable title on her...........
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...........
Civil Procedure Code, 1908, Section 11, Order 2, Rule 2 -- Res judicata - Earlier suit was filed for partition of immoveable properties of deceased - Present suit filed for partition in respect of FDs made in various banks and Financial institution - Claims in both the suits are distinct - Suit neither hit by res judicata nor barred U.O.2.R.2 CPC...........
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..........
Civil Procedure Code, 1908, Order 7, Rule 11 -- Rejection of plaint - Suit for cancellation of sale deed and permanent injunction - Property in question is a joint family property which has been sold without there being any partition - Suit thus, cannot be rejected merely on basis of plaint averments - Application rightly rejected...........
Civil Procedure Code, 1908, Order 6, Rule 17 -- Amendment of plaint - Partition suit - Plaintiff by way of amendment seeks to add some more properties purchased by defendants out of joint family properties - Whether said properties are self acquired properties or joint family properties liable for partition can only be decided during course of trial - Merely because said..........
Civil Procedure Code, 1908, Section 24 -- Transfer of case - Plaintiff sought transfer of case filed by him to try along with partition suit filed by defendants - Issues in both the suits are common, as dispute is in respect of un-registered Will - If both the suits are tried at different Courts, it may lead to conflicting judgments - Though Court cannot direct clubbing of..........
