Supreme Court of India · 2007-05-17
GANNAMANI ANASUYA vs PARVATINI AMARENDRA CHOWDHARY .
- Citation / case number
- SC 2000/2531
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Petitioner
- GANNAMANI ANASUYA
- Respondent
- PARVATINI AMARENDRA CHOWDHARY .
- Author
- S.B. SINHA
- Bench
- MARKANDEY KATJU S.B. SINHA
Judgment text excerpt
The Supreme Court upheld the High Court's dismissal of the appellants' appeal regarding a partition suit under Section partition of the Indian Succession Act. The Court established that the plaintiffs, as heirs of Narasimha Murthy, were entitled to a 2/3rd share in the poultry and tube manufacturing business, while the appellants were entitled to the remaining 1/3rd share. The Court affirmed the need for proper accounting of the business profits and investments made, emphasizing the legal principle of inheritance rights in joint family properties.