Adiveppa . vs Bhimappa

The Supreme Court upheld the High Court's decision affirming the Trial Court's dismissal of the plaintiffs' suit for partition and declaration of ownership over agricultural lands. The Court found that the plaintiffs failed to prove their claim of self-acquisition under the properties in Schedule 'B' and 'C', and acknowledged that the properties in Schedule 'D' were ancestral and had been partitioned earlier. The Court reiterated that oral partitions can be valid if acted upon by family members, thus affirming the lower courts' findings.