Court Fees Act, 1870, Section 7(iv)(b), Article 17(6) - - Court fees - Partition suit by one of the co-owners - For the purpose of assessment of court fee, pleadings in the suit have to be seen - Possession of joint property by one co-owner, is in the eyes of law, possession of all even if but one are in actual physical possession - Every co-sharer is deemed to be in..........
Hindu law -- Joint family property - Partition - Two brothers of joint family carrying on business jointly by contributing labour - Presumption arises that properties acquired by contributing jointly from said business are joint family properties - No evidence to rebut the said presumption - Both brothers, held, entitled to half share in suit properties - Preliminary..........
Transfer of Property Act, 1882, Section 123, 52 -- Gift deed - Execution during pendency of partition suit - Gift deed executed during pendency of proceedings and before expiry of period of limitation for filing SLP, is not valid as it is hit by S.52 of T.P.Act - Moreover, suit property is joint family property and even otherwise same cannot be acted upon by parties as..........
Transfer of Property Act, 1882, Section 123, 52 -- Gift deed - Execution during pendency of partition suit - Execution of gift deed of joint family property without giving physical possession to donee, is not valid as same is not acted upon by parties...........
Co-owner/Co-sharer -- Separate possession - Co-sharers may for the purpose of better management of the joint estate hold separate possession of parcels of joint land - However, separation of possession, without a corresponding intent, to sever the joint status of the community of joint owners does not confer a right upon a co-sharer in separate possession to assert his..........
Co-owner/Co-sharer -- Alienation - A joint owner/co-owner has an inherent right to alienate the joint property, limited to the extent and the nature of his share holding - Such transfer is only of such rights as vest in him - Vendee receives the property so transferred with all the rights and liabilities that vested in his vendor, namely, a right to assert a community of..........
Co-sharer -- Every co-sharer is owner in possession of every inch of joint estate...........
Transfer of Property Act, 1882, Section 111 -- Determination of lease - Non refund of security deposit - Refundable security deposit should be deposited with a Bank/Financial institution under an Escrow agreement between the landlord, tenant and the Bank/Financial institution - Upon refusal of landlord to take possession offered by tenant, the tenant can deposit the keys..........
Civil Procedure Code, 1908, Order 12, Rule 6 -- Judgment on admission - Suit for possession - Defendant claiming possession on the basis of an oral agreement to sell - Held, defendant has no right to remain in occupation of the premises or retain possession merely because of oral agreement to sell in his favour and that too with one of the joint owners only - Trial Court..........
Release deed -- Where the property is owned by two co-owners each having undivided equal share therein and one of them by a deed claims title while the other possession, document would be a release and not a conveyance - Even where one of the co-sharers of the joint agricultural land had simply renounced his claim in favour of another co-sharer in respect of the same..........
