Thimmaiah And Ors vs Ningamma And Anr

The Supreme Court addressed the distribution of shares in coparcenary properties under Hindu law, specifically referencing the principles established in Ammathayee alias Perumalakkal and Anr. V. Kumaresan alias Balakrishnan and Others AIR 1967 SC 569. The Court held that Hiri Thimmaiah was incompetent to gift ancestral properties to his second wife and her daughter, as such gifts must serve pious purposes and cannot exceed reasonable limits. The Court upheld the Trial Court's decision that the deeds of gift were void, affirming the appellants' claim to their rightful shares in the coparcenary properties.