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Bombay High Court Allows Second Appeal in Partition Suit, Sets Aside Concurrent Findings. Court holds that second wife and her children are entitled to share in joint family property as coparceners under Hindu Succession Act, 1956.

The case involves a partition suit filed by the first wife and her daughters against the husband and his second wife and children. The trial court and...

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Supreme Court Upholds Validity of Relinquishment Deed Executed by Karta in Joint Hindu Family Property Case. Relinquishment deed executed by eldest male member as Karta is valid and binding on minor coparceners, and suit for declaration filed beyond limitation period is barred.

The present appeal arises from a suit filed in 1994 by four younger sons of late M.C. Rudrappa seeking a declaration that a relinquishment deed dated ...

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"Supreme Court Decides on Marumakkathayam Property Disputes: Clarifies Law on Partition and Succession." "A precedent-setting judgment resolving the interplay of customary matrilineal laws and property rights."

The Supreme Court upheld the High Court and Trial Court decisions concerning the partition of property under the Marumakkathayam system, a matrilineal...

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High Court of Karnataka Dismisses Second Appeal in Suit for Declaration and Injunction — Concurrent Findings of Fact Not Interfered With Under Section 100 CPC. The appellant failed to prove title and possession, and no substantial question of law was raised.

The case involves a second appeal filed under Section 100 of the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 (CPC) against the judgment and decree dated 10.11.2006 ...

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Karnataka High Court Allows Compassionate Appointment to Adopted Daughter of Deceased Employee. Adoption by Widow Employee Valid Under Hindu Adoption and Maintenance Act, 1956, and Circular Denying Benefit to Adopted Children Quashed.

The petitioner, Kumari Sweta, filed a writ petition under Articles 226 and 227 of the Constitution of India challenging an endorsement dated 09.12.201...

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Supreme Court Upholds Eviction Decree in Rent Control Case — Concurrent Findings of Default and Non-User Not Interfered With. Tenant's Failure to Pay Rent and Non-User of Premises for Stated Purpose Justify Eviction Under Bombay Rents, Hotel & Lodging Houses Rates Control Act, 1947.

The Supreme Court dismissed two civil appeals arising from a landlord-tenant dispute over eviction. The plaintiff purchased the suit property in 1986 ...

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Bombay High Court Dismisses Impleadment Application by Stepchild in Partition Suit — Stepchild Not a Legal Heir Under Hindu Succession Act. The court held that a stepchild has no legal interest in the joint family property of a deceased coparcener and cannot be impleaded in a partition suit.

The Bombay High Court dismissed a chamber summons filed by a third-party applicant seeking impleadment in a partition suit. The suit involved partitio...

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Supreme Court upholds High Court's Quashing of Criminal Proceedings Under SC/ST Act, Holding Conversion to Christianity Does Not entitle Caste-Based Protection.

The appeal arose from a judgment of the High Court of Andhra Pradesh quashing criminal proceedings against accused persons under Section 482 of the Co...