father M.Venkata Subbaiah and obtained the decree for partition as can be seen from Ex.A-3 dated 09-03-1959. Another important aspect to be noted is the second plaintiff who came on record after the death of Raghavamma who is said to be the adopted son and beneficiary under the will is no other than the son of the first defendant who was the plaintiff in O.S.No.33 of 1955. In fact Ex.A-1 will dated 31-03-1981 shows that by virtue of the recent High Court’s Judgment, Raghavamma claims to have got absolute rights of possession and enjoyment with right to alienate, sell, gift or mortgage. Therefore, the basis of the assertion of the rights made by Raghavamma while executing the Ex.A-1 will is the change of the decision of the High Court. It does not refer to any of the accusations of the manner in which the decree in O.S.No.33 of 1955 was obtained or the appeals were proceeded with. It is not as though that the first plaintiff has no knowledge about that decree or judgment. The pleading in O.S.No.42 of 1995 shows as if the judgment and decree in O.S.No.33 of 1955 was obtained by the first defendant in the suit and his father M.Venkata Subbaiah fraudulently and collusively and therefore it is a void decree. This pleading has got an importance in considering the conduct of both the plaintiff and first defendant. Infact, the first defendant who filed the written statement only stated that his son was given in adoption and in case the court comes to the conclusion that the rights under Section 14(1) of the Act are not applicable, he will be entitled to a half share. In fact he gave evidence in the suit as DW.1. He was not cross examined about any fraud or collusion in obtaining the decree in O.S.No.33 of 1955. Therefore, it is pertinent to note that in O.S.No.42 of 1995 Raghavamma did not claim any declaration for setting aside the judgment in O.S.No.33 of 1955 or the judgment in A.S.No.232 of 1962. It is to be mentioned that fraudulent and collusive decree will stand unless it is set aside. The judgment itself cannot be called as void on the grounds pleaded by the plaintiff. Therefore, with this background, it is quite clear that the present round of litigation was