Saturday, May 16, 2020

Self-acquired/Separate Property- Confusion

Confusion of Presumption, Burden of proof in respect of joint family property & separate/self-acquired property.......





-Self acquired property means property acquired in any following ways.

-property acquired by the coparcener without any detriment to ancestral property.

- property acquired by separate earning by coparcener.

-property inherited as obstructed heritage i.e. inherited from other than father, father's father, father's father's father.

-a gift of  small portion of ancestral movable property made through affection by father to his male issue.

-government grant exclusively granted to member joint family & not for benefit of the family.

-ancestral property lost by family & same is recovered by a member without aid of joint family property.

-property purchased by separate income which come from separate property.

-property held by a sole surviving coparcener, when there is no widow in existence who has power to adopt.

-separate earning of member by his own exertions, without aid of joint family property.

-all acquisitions made by means of learning are declared by hindu gains of learning act 1930.
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- No-Presumotion that a joint family possess joint property.
-Burden of proving that any property is joint family property is in the first instance upon the person who claims it as coparcener property & he also prove possession of nucleus of joint family for acquisition of it.

...... Relevant Judgement................................

-D.S.Lakshmaiah & And v/s L.Balasubramanyam & Anrs 2003 Supreme Appeals Reporter 817

-Bindiya A. Chawla & Ors v/s Ajay Lajpatrai Chawla & Ors 2009 Supreme Appeals Reporter 688

-Harihar Diwakar Choube & others v/s Govind Diwakar Choube & Others 2010(4) Mh.L.J. 524

-Relevant provision-uncodified Hindu Law - in respect of separate/ self acquired & coparcenary property, joint hindu family

-S.101 of Indian Evidence Act 1872.

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