Sri R Puneeth Reddy v. Sri C Raghu Reddy
Case brief
What is this about?
Temporary injunction substituted with security deposit; partition suit by sons against father; ancestral/joint family property claim; alienation during minority (sale 26.07.2000 to Syed Ali; gift 10.01.2001 to defendants 6-8); confirmation deed by defendants 2-5; no court permission for sale of minors' interest; prima facie case and balance of convenience affirmed; irreparable-loss point answered via Mandali Ranganna (2008) 11 SCC 1 para 27 — construction permitted subject to deposit; Order XXXIX Rules 1 and 2 r/w Section 151 CPC; appeal under Order XLIII Rule 1(r) CPC; Karnataka High Court; lis pendens, Section 52 Transfer of Property Act 1882; Rs.80,00,000 deposit by defendant Nos.6 to 8 invested in nationalised bank; limitation and collusion pleas raised by defendants but left open; defendant No.1 ex parte; judgment 16.12.2025 corrected 04.02.2026.
What did the court decide?
Appeal allowed in part: the trial court's order dated 04.04.2024 on I.A.No.4 (dismissing temporary injunction under Order XXXIX Rules 1 and 2 r/w Section 151 CPC) was set aside. In lieu of an injunction, defendant Nos.6 to 8 were directed (as corrected by order dated 04.02.2026) to deposit Rs.80,00,000 as security towards protection of the appellants'/plaintiffs' interest, to be invested in a nationalised bank to earn interest; whatever construction was put up would be subject to the result of the suit and Section 52 of the Transfer of Property Act, 1882 (lis pendens); all contentions left open; trial court to pass appropriate orders independently after receiving evidence.