release deed - The Legal Chamber

The Supreme Court held that unregistered partition deeds can be used collaterally to prove severance of joint family status and subsequent separate possession. Valid registered release deeds by coparceners are immediately effective to sever their interest, not contingent on being "acted upon," and can create an equitable estoppel against future claims. Facts Of The Case: The case involves a partition suit concerning the joint family property of Pillappa, who died in 1969. The plaintiffs, his sons and daughters, sought division of Schedule A properties (ancestral) and Schedule B properties (purchased jointly in the names of defendant no. 5, a son, and defendant no. 6, a son-in-law). Defendant no. 5 contested, claiming a prior partition between him and plaintiff no. 1 in 1972 via an ...

The Supreme Court held that In disputes over landlord-tenant relationships, the Supreme Court clarified that under the Karnataka Rent Act, 1999, the production of rent receipts signed by the landlord constitutes prima facie evidence of the jural relationship. Once this initial burden is discharged, the Rent Controller is justified in proceeding with the eviction case without delving into title disputes, which are beyond its scope. Facts Of The Case: The appellant, H.S. Puttashankara, filed an eviction petition against the respondent, Yashodamma, under the Karnataka Rent Act, 1999, concerning a property in Bengaluru. The appellant claimed to be the landlord, asserting that the property originally belonged to his great-grandfather and devolved to him through a release deed from other legal...

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Proof of Tenancy: Supreme Court’s Key Ruling on Rent Receipts and Title Disputes