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Supreme Court Dismisses Appeal in Partition Suit, Upholds Concurrent Findings of Courts Below. The Court held that the suit for partition was maintainable and that the properties were joint family properties, rejecting the claim of prior partition.

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2025 LawText (SC) (11) 416

Civil Appeal No. 3934 of 2006

2025-11-06

VIKRAM NATH J. , SANDEEP MEHTA J. , N.V. ANJARIA J.

2025 INSC 1286, 2025 AIR(SC) 5522, 2025 (11) SCR 423, 2025 AIR(SC)(Civil) 2854, 2025 (4) RCR(Civil) 863, 2025 (4) AIR(KarR) 732, 2025 AIR OnLine SC 1048, 2025 SCC OnLine SC 2358, 2025 (6) ALD 263, 2025 AllSCR 2672

P. Anjanappa (D) By LRs

A.P. Nanjundappa & Ors.

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Nature of Litigation

Civil appeal against dismissal of appeal in partition suit.

Remedy Sought

Appellants sought to set aside the decree for partition and separate possession.

Filing Reason

Appellants challenged the concurrent findings of the Trial Court and High Court decreeing partition of suit properties.

Previous Decisions

Trial Court decreed suit for partition; High Court dismissed appeal.

Issues

Whether the suit for partition was maintainable? Whether the properties were joint family properties or had been previously partitioned?

Submissions/Arguments

Appellants argued that there was a prior partition and the suit was not maintainable. Respondents contended that the properties were joint family properties and no prior partition had taken place.

Ratio Decidendi

The burden to prove prior partition lies on the party asserting it. Concurrent findings of fact based on evidence cannot be re-appreciated in appeal under Article 136 unless perverse.

Judgment Excerpts

The present civil appeal arises from the final judgment and decree dated 30 August 2005 passed by the High Court of Karnataka at Bengaluru in Regular First Appeal No. 750 of 1994. The burden to prove prior partition lies on the party asserting it.

Procedural History

Original Suit No. 146 of 1987 filed before Principal Civil Judge, Bangalore Rural District, decreed on 19 August 1994. Appeal dismissed by High Court on 30 August 2005. Present appeal filed in Supreme Court.

Acts & Sections

  • Hindu Succession Act, 1956: Section 6
  • Indian Contract Act: Section 23
  • Indian Evidence Act: Section 90
  • Registration Act: Section 17(1), Section 17(2)
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