{"judgments":[{"id":"j020","citation":"AIR 1968 SC 1018","case_title":"Puttrangamma v. M.S. Ranganna","date_decided":"1968-02-08","category":"HUF Partition","sub_category":"Severance of Joint Family","ratio_decidendi":"A joint family member can sever joint status by definite, unequivocal, unilateral declaration of intention to separate. No agreement of other coparceners required. Once communicated, severance is complete.","verita_score":92}],"pagination":{"total":1,"limit":50,"offset":0,"has_more":false}}