Supreme Court · 1996 INSC 1290 · Decided 5 November 1996
Shantinath Ramu Danole and ANR. v. Jambu Ramu Danole and ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1996 INSC 1290 · [1996] SUPP. 8 S.C.R. 479
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 2703/1984
- Decided
- 5 November 1996
- Bench
- N.P. SINGH, FAIZAN UDDIN (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Evidence Act Section 50, 51
Headnote
B Ancestral property -partition-Claim by plaintiffs as widow and legitimate son of deceased depending on proof of factum of marriage-For the purpose, Testimony of witnesses being friends and relatives, a relevant factor to be considered-Also evidence of a co-villager who has the means of special of marriage proved and plaintiffs entitled to their share in the property. Evidence Act, 1872 : S.50 and 51-Factum of marriage-Proof of-Evidence of friends and co-villages, who have means of special knowledge-Held, is relevant. D A suit was filed by H and S for separate possession of their
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