Accordingly, in the context of Section 8, the question of karta-ship ordinarily does not arise merely because the property has come from a p...

   It is trite law that Karta/Manager of a joint family property may alienate joint family property only in three situations, namely, (i) le...

The position on the rights of a Karta vis-à-vis an HUF property is well settled. This Court in Sri Narayan Bal v. Sridhar Sutar1 has held th...

 In the instant case, it is admitted by the second defendant that the settlement deed dated 22.03.1980 (Ex.P1) is, in fact, a gift deed whic...

There is no dispute about the fact that the suit properties  were the separate properties of Dajiba. After his demise somewhere in the year ...

  A conjoint reading of the provisions contained in sections 6, 8 and12 of the Act, indicates that natural guardian of the property of  Hind...

   Once the factum of existence of legal necessity stood proved, then, in our view, no co-coparcener (son) has a right to challenge the sale...

 A perusal of the facts on record would show that it was a contract  of tenancy entered upon by great grandfather of the plaintiff.  Even if...

Accommodation is a serious problem facing people. Practically in every tenanted premises along with the tenant scores of other relatives r...

  This, however, does not imply that for want of impleadment of Karta, in the peculiar facts of the case, the suit is liable to be dis...

A Karta is the manager of the joint family property. He is not the guardian of the minor members of the joint family. What Section 6 o...

The matter can be looked at from another point of view also. Rule 10, Order 30. Civil P.C. provides that a Hindu undivided family carrying...

It is submitted by learned counsel for these Defendants that, admittedly the suit property is the ancestral joint family property of Defen...

  The principal question that has arisen in this case is as to whether the mother of the original plaintiffs could have executed the afo...

In our considered opinion, a case of legal necessity for sale of ancestral property by the Karta (Pritam Singh) was, therefore, made out ...

S 18. Effect of acknowledgment in writing:- Acknowledgment means a definite, clear admission of existing liability. It is not nec...

It is necessary at the outset to distinguish between three types of cases in which a question of profits or mesne profits might arise. (1) ...

Rule 10 of Order 30 provides that any person carrying on business in a name or style other than his own name or Hindu undivided family c...

The next question that arises for consideration is that whether defendant No.1 was acting as the manager and ‘Karta’ of the joint famil...

 The status of the head of the family acting as a Karta under the traditional Hindu law deserves to be kept in mind in such a situatio...