Laxmibai v. Smt. Shantawwa
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Keywords: partition and separate possession; female Hindu intestate succession; widow's limited estate under Section 3(2) Hindu Women's Right to Property Act 1937 enlarging into absolute ownership via Section 14(1) Hindu Succession Act 1956; devolution among daughters under Sections 15 and 16 HSA 1956; stridhan versus ancestral/joint family property; compromise/consent decree binding on persons claiming through the compromising party; separate suit to set aside compromise decree barred by Order XXIII Rule 3A CPC; consent decree estoppel (Pushpa Devi Bhagat; Triloki Nath Singh); stridhan custodianship (Pratibha Rani); Section 14(1) interpretation (Gangamma; Eramma; Punithavalli Ammal; Badri Pershad; Vaddeboyina Tulasamma); earlier decision in RFA No.616/1996 on Manyata Patra dated 14.08.1987 relied upon; RSA No.800/1986 negativing Will dated 28.10.1979; O.S.Nos.18/1980, 305/1989, 15/1991, 222/2004, 234/2004; sale deeds dated 15.02.1988, 02.06.1989, 23.03.1991, 03.12.2012 and 14.11.2013 (Ex.P24); survey Nos. 470/1, 470/2, 470/3 and 115, Koujalagi village, Gokak taluk; RFA Nos. 100561/2019, 100113/2020, 100152/2020; Karnataka HC Dharwad DB judgment dated 24.09.2025; NC 2025:KHC-D:13049-DB.