Supreme Court of India

M. Arumugam v. Ammaniammal and Ors.

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Reported as [2020] 1 S.C.R. 41
Bench S. Abdul Nazeer and Deepak Gupta JJ.
Decided 8 January 2020

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What the Court ordered

In view of the above, we allow the appeal, set aside the judgment of the High Court dated 30.07.2008 and restore the judgment of the trial court dated 29.11.1994.

Judgment, page 13

From the headnote

Hindu Succession Act, 1956 – ss.4(b), 6, 8, 19 & 30 – Joint family – Role of Karta vis-a-vis minor members – Defendant nos.1 & 2 formed coparcenary, with their father, which ow ned the suit property – Father died intestate – 1/3 of the property w ent to each son and remaining one third which was the share of t he father in the coparcenary was to be inherited by defendant no .5 (wife), defendant nos.1 & 2 and three daughters viz. the plaintiff (youn gest daughter) and defendant nos.3 & 4 – Plaintiff filed suit claiming that the property falling to the share of the father be pa rtitioned –

Where later benches applied it

Of those, 1 relied on · 1 referred to

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