Supreme Court of India

Usha Balasaheb Swami and Ors. v. Kiran Appaso Swami and Ors.

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Reported as [2007] 5 S.C.R. 306
Bench Tarun Chatterjee and R. V. Ra Veendran JJ.
Decided 18 April 2007

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What the Court ordered

We are of the view that the appellants are only raising an issue regarding the legitimacy of plaintiff and defendant nos. 3 to 7 to inherit the suit properties as heirs and legal representatives of the deceased Appasao.

Judgment, page 13

From the headnote

Code of Civil Procedure, 1908: Order 6 Rule 17. Amendment of pleadings-Written statement-Principles to be borne in mind-Amendment of written statement and amendment of plaint-Factors governing grant of permission-The suit properties originally belonged to one 'V' and on his death ' ' and ' ' came to inherit the suit properties­ The plaintiffi and he defendants were the legal representatives of ' ' and ' ' respectively-The plaintiffi inherited one-half share of the suit properties jointly with defendants-Since the defendants had refused to partition the suit properties and deliver separate

Where later benches applied it

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