Hindu Succession Act, 1956, Section 6 -- Right of daughter - Partition suit - Daughter would inherit equal share as that of son in ancestral properties and date of death of father whether before or after date of amendment to S.6 of the Act, would be irrelevant - Plaintiff and defendants Nos.1 & 2 entitled to 1/3rd share each...........
Civil Procedure Code, 1908, Section 10 -- Stay of subsequent suit - Parties in both the suits are same - Both the suits have been filed seeking partition - Relief of declaration as sought in subsequent suit as to their right in ancestral property in question by plaintiffs is implicit in earlier suit - Subsequent suit held, stayed...........
Hindu Law -- Ancestral property - For a property to fall within purview of `ancestral property', it should have been inherited by a male Hindu through three immediate paternal ancestors i.e father, father's father, father's father's father...........
Civil Procedure Code, 1908, Order 39, Rule 1, 2 -- Temporary injunction - Suit by wife for creating charge for maintenance claim - Wife seeking temporary injunction from alienating, transferring and creating charge over suit property - Property in question is ancestral property as per plaintiff - Wife is living separately since 1998 - She herself pleaded that husband being..........
Civil Procedure Code, 1908, Order 1, Rule 10 -- Impleadment of a party - Partition suit - Purchaser of ancestral property is necessary party and in absence of such necessary party, partition suit cannot be adjudicated...........
Transfer of Property Act, 1882, Section 60 -- Mortgage - Redemption - Plaintiffs father mortgaged ancestral property in favour of defendants - Defendants admitted that suit property was mortgaged in their favour - Relation between parties as mortgagor and mortgagee duly established - Defendant failed to establish that un-registered sale deed was signed by owner of suit..........
Hindu Law -- Joint family property - Plaintiff alleges that property in dispute was purchased with sale consideration derived from sale of ancestral Joint Hindu Family Property - However, plaintiff has not lead sufficient evidence to prove the same - Even sale deed through which father of plaintiff purchased suit property has not been produced - It is not known as in how..........
Hindu Succession Act, 1956, Section 6, 4 -- Partition suit - Right of married daughters - Plaintiffs were claiming their father's share in suit properties and were not claiming as co-parcenars - There was no severance of status between father of plaintiffs and father of defendants - Plea of custom as alleged by defendant which prevents married daughters from claiming share..........
Civil Procedure Code, 1908, Order 7, Rule 11 -- Rejection of plaint - On the ground of limitation - Suit for declaration, permanent injunction and joint possession - Defendant has failed to fulfil requirements of O.7.R.11 CPC - Question of limitation is a mixed question of law and fact and therefore, its decision would depend upon evidence to be led by parties - As..........
Hindu Law -- Joint family property - Partition suit - Suit properties were ancestral joint family properties - Defendants failed to show that properties are self acquired properties - Initial burden of showing that there was a nucleus of joint family property is discharged by plaintiffs - Whereas, defendants for their part have failed to discharge the burden, which..........
