Saroj Salkan v. Huma Singh & Ors.

Citation2025 INSC 632
Case NumberCivil Appeal No. 6389/2025
BenchSanjay Karol J., Manmohan J.
Date of Decision6 May 2025
CategoryHUF Partition
Statutes Cited["Hindu Succession Act 1956 - Section 6","CPC - Order XII Rule 6"]
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Ratio Decidendi

Mere assertions of HUF without specific pleadings proving ancestral ownership or post-1956 creation of HUF are insufficient. Prior unappealed decrees are binding. 2005 amendment to S.6 HSA inapplicable if properties partitioned before 20.12.2004.

Headnotes

["Specific pleadings required to prove HUF existence","Unappealed decrees create res judicata","2005 amendment cutoff date: 20.12.2004","Order XII Rule 6 allows dismissal on admissions","Belated litigation is abuse of process"]

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