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Kerala High Court sets aside an interim injunction order after finding the lower court relied on an incorrect factual assumption about the defendants' directorship in a family-corporate property dispute. The matter is remanded for fresh consideration, reinforcing that interim relief cannot stand on flawed factual premises.
Karnataka High Court holds that partition suits challenging a 20-year-old registered partition deed are barred by limitation and lack cause of action, reinforcing that courts must reject such plaints under Order VII Rule 11 CPC. The ruling underscores the finality of settled property divisions and protects defendants from vexatious litigation.
The Himachal Pradesh High Court ruled that a karta of a Hindu Undivided Family cannot unilaterally execute a relinquishment deed in favor of one coparcener without the consent of all coparceners or legal necessity. The deed was declared void ab initio, reinforcing that registration does not validate substantive legal defects in ancestral property alienation.
Madras High Court rules that a Hindu widow cannot unilaterally act as Karta of her deceased husband’s Hindu Undivided Family (HUF) to sell property without the consent of all Class-I heirs, including the deceased’s mother. The court upheld the Sub-Registrar’s refusal to register the sale deed, reinforcing that self-acquired property devolves individually on heirs under the Hindu Succession Act, not as HUF assets.