Angadi Chandranna v. Shankar

Citation2025 INSC 532
Date of Decision22 April 2025
CategoryHUF Partition
Statutes Cited["Hindu Succession Act 1956"]
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Ratio Decidendi

After formal joint family property partition, each share automatically becomes self-acquired for the allottee, granting full freedom to sell, gift, or transfer independently.

Headnotes

["Post-partition property is self-acquired","Allottee has full alienation rights","Burden of proof of ancestral character on claimant","High Court cannot substitute First Appellate Court findings under S.100 CPC"]

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Our Analysis

HUF Partition Creates Self-Acquired Property: Angadi Chandranna v. Shankar by Harish Bhat · 8 April 2026