PALANIVELAYUTHAM PILLAI vs RAMACHANDRAN .

The Supreme Court addressed the partition of ancestral properties under the Hindu Succession Act, emphasizing that properties gifted under a Gift Deed dated 18th February 1907 were not subject to partition among descendants. The Court held that the management rights of the properties were entrusted to the second wife of the settlor, who acted as a trustee, and that subsequent wills did not alter the nature of the trust. The appeal was dismissed, affirming the lower court's decision regarding the non-partitionability of the properties in question.