Partly allowed
Dr Ravindra Halkai and Ors. v. Paruthappa Since Dead by His Lrs 1) Basamma and Ors.
Karnataka HCRFA/200202/2023
Case brief
AI extract
What is this about?
The High Court allowed appeals against a partition decree, holding a previous judgment on the 1953 partition to be res judicata. Finding the family joint, the court modified the decree to grant equal shares to sons and daughters of the propositus and directed mesne profit proceedings.
What did the court decide?
Impugned judgment and decree modified; daughters impleaded in final decree with equal shares in immovable properties; enquiry into mesne profits directed; movables divided out.