Hindu Joint Family Presumption Weakens with Remote Relationships, Decades of Separate Residence, Cultivation and Possession: Karnataka High Court
The Karnataka High Court has dismissed Regular Second Appeal No. 2461 of 2011, upholding earlier court decisions that rejected a suit for partition of family properties. The appeal was filed by Mahadevappa, dead by LRs, including Smt. Yellamma, Hanumanthappa, Smt. Shanthamma, Smt. Sharada and others, against Sri Ramappa, Lakshmanappa, Bharamappa, Yallappa and other respondents. The plaintiffs had claimed that their branch and the defendants' branch formed an undivided Hindu joint…
