Supreme Court of India

Manjunath Tirakappa Malagi and Anr. v. Gurusiddappa Tirakappa Malagi (dead through Lrs)

Neutral citation
Reported as [2025] 4 S.C.R. 1409
Bench Sudhanshu Dhulia and Ahsanuddin Amanullah JJ.
Decided 21 April 2025

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What the Court ordered

In view of the above, we see no reason to interfere with the impugned order dated 23.09.2022 passed by the High Court.

Judgment, page 8

From the headnote

Issue for Consideration Whether a fresh suit can be filed to challenge a compromise decree. Headnotes† Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 – Suit seeking partition claiming that the suit property is not ancestral property – Held, the suit property purchased by the grandmother using family funds in the name of the father of the appellant is joint family property – The appellants contended that since the suit property is not an ancestral property, it cannot be partitioned amongst their father, grandfather and father’s brothers – The Appellants further contended that since the suit property was not

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