Supreme Court of India

Bhagwat Sharan (dead Thr. Lrs. v. Purushottam & Ors.

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Reported as [2020] 10 S.C.R. 579
Bench L. Nageswara Rao and Deepak Gupta JJ.
Decided 3 April 2020

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What the Court ordered

In view of the above discussion we find no merit in the appeals filed by the appellant(s) and the same are dismissed with no order as to costs.

Judgment, page 17

From the headnote

Hindu Law – Property of Hindu Undivided Family (HUF) – Burden to prove – Person had four sons – 2 sons severed and had no connection with property of the family – Two branches left in the family – Suit filed by descendant of one of the son for pa rtition of plaint properties claiming them to be of HUF – Decr eed by trial court – Set aside by High Court – On appeal, held: Not only jointness of the family has to be proved but also that the property belon gs to the joint Hindu family – Merely because the business is joint would not raise the presumption that there is a Joint Hindu Family –

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