Beereddy Dasaratharami Reddy v. V. Manjunath

Citation(2021) 19 SCC 263
Bench2-judge
Date of Decision13 December 2021
CategoryHUF Partition
Statutes Cited["Transfer of Property Act 1882","Mitakshara Hindu Law","Specific Relief Act 1963"]

Ratio Decidendi

Karta's alienation for legal necessity or benefit of estate binds all undivided members including minors and widows. No injunction against Karta restraining HUF property dealings.

Headnotes

["Karta alienation for legal necessity binds all coparceners","Coparcener signature not required on Karta sale documents","No injunction against Karta to restrain HUF dealings","Challenge only post-facto on ground of no legal necessity","Justice Sanjiv Khanna delivered judgment"]

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