ELUMALAI @ VENKATESAN AND ANR. vs M KAMALA AND ORS ETC.

The Supreme Court examined a dispute over the property rights of children from different marriages of Sengalani Chettiar, focusing on a Release Deed executed by Chandran, the father of the appellants. The case involved whether the property, which was self-acquired by Sengalani Chettiar, could be partitioned among his children, considering the terms of the Release Deed and the nature of the property. The court analyzed the legal validity of the Release Deed and the rights of the children in the property, ultimately ruling on the entitlement of the appellants to the property. The judgment clarified the legal principles governing property rights in cases of multiple marriages and self-acquired property.