{"id":90258,"date":"2010-12-01T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2010-11-30T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/sri-n-r-balakrishna-so-late-n-m-vs-sri-n-r-shivakumar-so-late-n-m-on-1-december-2010"},"modified":"2018-06-16T14:10:45","modified_gmt":"2018-06-16T08:40:45","slug":"sri-n-r-balakrishna-so-late-n-m-vs-sri-n-r-shivakumar-so-late-n-m-on-1-december-2010","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/sri-n-r-balakrishna-so-late-n-m-vs-sri-n-r-shivakumar-so-late-n-m-on-1-december-2010","title":{"rendered":"Sri N R Balakrishna S\/O Late N M &#8230; vs Sri N R Shivakumar S\/O Late N M &#8230; on 1 December, 2010"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"docsource_main\">Karnataka High Court<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_title\">Sri N R Balakrishna S\/O Late N M &#8230; vs Sri N R Shivakumar S\/O Late N M &#8230; on 1 December, 2010<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_author\">Author: Subhash B.Adi<\/div>\n<pre>IN THE HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA AT BANGALORE\nDATED THIS THE I  DAY OF DECEMBER 2010\n\nBEFORE\n\nTHE HONBLE MRJUSTICE SUBHASH  V\n\nREGULAR FIRST APPEAL N0.2559\/2E(\u00a7'06:Aa.R.: '7  .\n\nBETWEEN:\n\nSri.N.R.Balakrishr1a\n\nAged about 66 years\n\nS\/ o Late N.M.Ramaswamy\nResiding at No.6-383, 2\"\" Cross\n1%\" Main Road, BEML Layout\n5111 Phase, 2\"' Stage, A \n\nRajarajeshwarinagar, _a   _   \" ,\n\nBangalorew 560     *  __ APPELLANT\n[By Sri.R. Nataraj   } A\n\nAND\n\n1 . Sri. ' N.R.Sh'ivVak1jmar.__ \"  \n\nAged 'abpu,t 56 year':-, \n\nAS\/0 Late N.MV..Rarr1as\\3vamy\n\n.. \u00abER\/a\"~No.532,~--.32\"d Cross,\n - 11E_\"'v.MaiI'l, 43\" BRIOCK, J ayanagar\nV .. _ Ba11galo1\"e,w 560 011.\n\n2.. A\" --._VSri'.'NI_i2,_Rar1oachanra\n'  Aged. ab-{nut 64 years\n4\"' S \/ o late. N .M.Ran'1aswamy\nR\/a\u00b0No.6\/6, 15* Floor,\n\nA n  41?*\"Cross, 7\"' Block west.\n\n_ \"Jayanagar\n' ' \"Bangalore ~w 560 082.\n\nA \"   Sri. N. R.Venkaiesh\n\nAged about 62 years\nS \/ 0 Late N.M.Ramaswamy\n\n\n\nM)\n\nR\/at No.4. Nirvana Apartment,\nNo.l42, ET] Colony, Kathriguppe\nBaI1galore-- 82.\n\n4. Sri.N.R.Anand\n\nAged about 60 years\n\nS \/ 0 Late. N.M.Ramaswar11y\nR\/a No.446\/2, 6'?! Cross.\n7\"' Block, Jayanagar\nBangalore --- 560 082.\n\n5. Sri.Prakash   ._\n\nAged about 54 years I\n\nS\/o Late N.M.Ramaswar:1y\n\nR\/at N0.304, Ka1'1akapura.R0ad.l'\n7*\" Block, Jayanagar, 'C \"\nBangalore -- 560 082.\n\n6. Sn'.N.R.Jaishanka,1\"\" \n\nAged about 52 years.  _ _  3\nS\/o Late. N.M.Rarnaswam_\\f\u00bb\"' \nR\/a No.41, 1.5' A--Cr,r3-ss..  V *\nHanumaI1ih'a_11a.gar; _ \nBangalore\ufb01  0.1 9.. 1 \n\n7. Sm.t.C.howdart1r;1a  \n\nAged a'bout'81year's~ \" \n\nW\/ 0 Later. N. M .RamaSVv*amy\n\nR\/at No\":304,. R;ana_ka}5ura Road\n\n_f7l?i Block, \"J-ayaztagaz',\ni3a33.galore we 566982. .. RESPONDENTS\n\n'(By slims\u00bbjfe}i};g1t;1kr:shna, Adv. for R-1\n\nSri. 1\\1.,'J.P*or\u00a7'na.(:~h'2i, Adv. for R-2, R5 &amp; R7\nSri.'S.l\\lagva,raj;-.V_Ad\\r. for R-4; R3 served}\n\n3 so ; 'E'his Regular First Appeal is filed 11fl(l\u20acf' Section 96 of CPC\n\n \"against. the judgment and decree dt..6.7.2006 passed in\n\ns.OS.N0;'494O\/2000 on the file of the VIII Addl. City Civil Judge,\n\n___\"\"Banga1ore City [CCI\"I~15] deereeing the suit for permanent\nC * inj--ur1ct.ion.\n\n\n\nThis Appeal coming on for orders this day. the Court\ndelivered following:\n\nJ U D G M E N T\n<\/pre>\n<p>This is an appeal by the first defendant against the<\/p>\n<p>judgmeitt and decree in O.S.No.4940\/ 2000 dated 69*<\/p>\n<p>on the file of VIII Addl.City Civil Judge, Bangalore_.uCity;ll&#8217;.   &#8216;<\/p>\n<p>2. Parties would be referred tojasl per &amp;_ti1peir\u00abranfking&#8217;-in <\/p>\n<p>trial court.\n<\/p>\n<p>3. First respondent is the p._l:ai~2:itif&#8217;1&#8243;. fiie  a &#8216;decree&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>of permanent injunction restrainiiig\ufb02-.the defendants from<br \/>\ninterfering with the peaceful;possesvsiolnland enjoyment of the<br \/>\nsuit schedule property by:&#8217;hli&#8217;n1&#8242;.\ufb02<\/p>\n<p>4~.l&#8217;.Case   that, plaintiff and defendant<\/p>\n<p>Nos} to 6 &#8220;are  of_.&#8217;etone N.M.Ramaswamy. Defendant<\/p>\n<p> No.7   widoweof  N,1\\\/1&#8242;,Ra:na.swamyx N.M.Ran1aswarny<\/p>\n<p> h_ilS:l.lif:\u00a7&#8217;Al.g-jme had acquired the suit schedule property.<\/p>\n<p>V'(ie&#8217;f_ai_sel,i&#8217;plaintiff and defendants have succeeded to his<\/p>\n<p>V if _ estateas !,_egal:heirs. The plaintiff and defendants have got equal<\/p>\n<p>share. Fi&#8217;rst defendant on the ilbadviee of certain persons, who<\/p>\n<p>a.arell&#8221;&#8211;in&#8217;in1ical1y disposed against the plaintiff and other<\/p>\n<p>ljltdefendetnts filed a suit in O.S.No.5-425\/1996 seeking partition<\/p>\n<p>&#8221;  and separate possession of various items of the properties left<\/p>\n<p>behind by their father N.M.Ra1naswaniy, however, on the<br \/>\nintervention of we11~wishers and the friends, defendant No.1 was<br \/>\nconvinced and accordingly, he withdrew the suit by filing an<br \/>\napplication under Section 151 of CPC dated ll.2.19E3:jf&#8217;alyyl1e1*ein<\/p>\n<p>the<\/p>\n<p>he stated that t.he matter is amicably settled\u00a7:&#8221;~&#8211;Qiftelifi<\/p>\n<p>withdrawal of the suit, plaintiff and defendantsyyorfallypart\u00e9itionedppV <\/p>\n<p>the properties left behind by    if<\/p>\n<p>possession of their respective share.   l9:97,:&#8217;plaint;iff&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>defendants reduced the terms of&#8221;&#8221;t&#8217;he.oral pa.rtition   family<br \/>\nsettlement and they also&#8221;~confirrnedVt.:ltt1le&#8217;c-oral partition entered<br \/>\ninto amongst thernselvesl   have taken<\/p>\n<p>possession of respective shareggi: The..&#8217;Va:cant&#8217;site bearing No.532,<\/p>\n<p>32&#8243;&#8221;  Block, Bangalore belongs<br \/>\nto their father Vlate&#8221;l$t;M.P.ainaswamy. He had permitted the<\/p>\n<p>plaintiff to put tip&#8217; residential construction and plaintiff had<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;l&#8221;p_ot tipl&#8217;:*co-ns&#8217;t1fuction:&#8217;to'&#8221;the knowledge of the other defendants.<\/p>\n<p>.l&#8217;&#8211;Pplainti&#8217;ffAh&#8217;adtivncitmjed cost of ?&#8217; 7200.000\/~. Thus, in View of the<\/p>\n<p>SElI&#8221;l'&#8221;1~\u20ac&#8217;,&#8221;t1I&#8217;1(ZlEtI&#8221;&#8216;i;,[fiE;:&#8217;tCI&#8217;1&#8217;I1S of the family settlement, option was given<\/p>\n<p> . to the &#8216;plaintiff to retain that property by paying the value of the<br \/>\n  &#8220;s.hare1&#8217;s. PlaiI1tiff has discharged the payment in terms of<br \/>\n._,f.&#8217;thAe&#8217;\u00a7settlen1ent to each of the defendants. Despite the same,<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;&#8216;._defe11ctant,s are trying to interfere with the possession. He also<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"hidden_text\">1<\/span><\/p>\n<p>alleged that, he has been paying property tax and is In exclusive<\/p>\n<p>possession of the suit schedule property.\n<\/p>\n<p>5. Said suit was contested by the first. defendant. who filed<\/p>\n<p>written statement mteraita adrnitting that he had filedfearlier<\/p>\n<p>suit and he had withdrawn the sanie. He also _a&#8221;d&#8217;niift&#8217;te_d&#8217;\ufb01lial,<\/p>\n<p>there is a family settlement on 26.5.1997, hoiweyerl  ._den1&#8242;&#8221;e-do <\/p>\n<p>the con\ufb01rmation of the oral pa1&#8217;ti&#8217;-;:i01&#8217;1.b_:ylylE,le:_denied, &#8216;<\/p>\n<p>plaintiff was permitted to construct a r&#8217;esid~ential.huildingl&#8217;on&#8217;iihe -&#8216;<\/p>\n<p>suit schedule property. He alsodeiiied that_  has spent<br \/>\n? 100,000\/-. Since the faniily&#8217;.&#8217;settlernen&#8217;t._ is nolgwen effect to,<br \/>\nall the Inenibers of the family&#8217; in&#8217;Vc:ll1din.g_ffVthfe~defendant No.1 are<\/p>\n<p>deemed to be schedule property.\n<\/p>\n<p>Plaintifflv&#8217;ean*not.ollaifn ownership over the said property<\/p>\n<p>unless the settlernlentlldeedldated 26.5.1997 is fully given effect<\/p>\n<p> to and_\u00a7:ftillrr.all the parties perform their part of obligation under<\/p>\n<p> thel.settle&#8217;rnent;\u00ab&#8211;._He admitted that. each of the defendants were<\/p>\n<p>eiititledf V&#8217;tolll&#8221;_g;\u00a7vetll.f\u00a7&#8217;v&#8221;.2,14,300\/&#8211; towards their share. However,<\/p>\n<p>V V&#8217; _ defendant&#8221;No.:l is entitled to entire sum ol&#8221; 3&#8242; l5,00,000\/&#8211; as per<\/p>\n<p>tflause  the l\\\/lemorandurn of Family Settlement. He also<\/p>\n<p>  that, plaintiffmay be in possession of the suit schedule<\/p>\n<p>  propeity with his family from 1991 and may be paying the tax,<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;lhoweve1&#8242;, contended that, till the terms of the settlernent are<\/p>\n<p>w\ufb01m<\/p>\n<p>given effect to, plaintiff cannot claim exclusive title or restrain<br \/>\nthe defendants from eiijoying the suit property. Further stated<br \/>\nthat. he is entitled for ? 3150.000\/&#8211; as his share in the family<br \/>\nproperties. The fomlula. for payment of this amount also<\/p>\n<p>contained in the settlement. As per Clause 6 of <\/p>\n<p>share of the defeiidant was estimated at ? alaiid&#8217;<br \/>\nliability to be borne by this d\u20acf\u20acI}daI1f.;  Plaiiitiff T. V<\/p>\n<p>as well as defendant Nos.2 to 7 h4aye&#8221;.agreed_jto&#8217;vtend.&#8217;ei=.fthe<\/p>\n<p>aforesaid sum of 3 31,50,000\/&#8211; priority basis lolnlsale<br \/>\nalienation or disposal of the propel .llit&#8221;waslthe duty of<br \/>\nthe plaintiff and defendant.&#8217;    -comply with the<\/p>\n<p>settlement in itsytrue   V&#8217; Plaintiff has not even<\/p>\n<p>T botheredllltol  3  ? 2&#8242;.&#8211;.l.ll\u00a5il,3O0\/M, let alone paying ?<\/p>\n<p>31,50,0ot:;\/\u00a7.&lt;- V<\/p>\n<p>.6. Defei1\u00e9fE11\u00ab&quot;..&#039;L.h.&#039;&#8211;No_s.l.&#039;2&#039;,: 3, 5 and 7 also filed written<\/p>\n<p> _ Ialowex\/&#039;ler;&quot;&quot;defendant Nos.4 and 6 seriously contested<\/p>\n<p> Tst1it.&quot;&#039;&#8211;v.y_l&#039;he&#039;yy:Vc1&#8211;enied the settlement and denied right of the<\/p>\n<p>plairitifl&#039;. _l p  i &quot; l<\/p>\n<p>7;&#039;  the basis of the above pieadirlgs, the trial court<\/p>\n<p> four issues as under: r<\/p>\n<p>suit schedule property. He relied on EXPI M settlement deed<br \/>\nand submitted that, under settlement. deed, defendant No.1 is<br \/>\nentitled for ? 31,50,000\/\u00bb towards his share and as long as that<br \/>\namount: is not paid, it cannot&quot; be treated as settleznentas&#039;given<br \/>\neffect to and as long as settlement is not given<br \/>\nof granting injunction in favour of plaintiff lbiligl<br \/>\nalso relied on the evidence of PW-1     &#039;<br \/>\nnot been paid and in View otfthe  as jag<br \/>\nexistence of status of joint farniigtg&#039;\u00bbi.ntention&#039;to:  other<br \/>\nmembers is not maintainable. aldeeision of the<br \/>\nApex Court reported in  in the matter of<\/p>\n<p>SAKHAHARI Pam\/A.rRziio \u20acKi&#039;qRlq;H\u00a3a\u00a5a&#039;E. ANOTHER mus-<\/p>\n<p>BHIMASVH2tit.tKAR,  KARALHE. He also reiied on<br \/>\nanother jludgrnent of :_tl1_e&quot;Ape\u00abx*&#039;C0urt reported in 2004(4) KCCR<\/p>\n<p>2145 in _ the lr&#039;I1attew:&#039;_ of i&quot;~:.G:&#039;sHIvALINGAPPA (DECEASED) BY LRS<\/p>\n<p> &quot; ~\/iNi:)~.mps- d.s;i\u00ab:sWARAPPA AND OTHERS and submitted<\/p>\n<p>..4&#039;th_e&quot;&#039;.set,tlement deed is reduced in writing and<\/p>\n<p>registered,&#039; piteiliyvilll not carry any evidentiaiy value. On these<\/p>\n<p>&quot;\u00ab,__.&quot;&#039;.&#039;\u20ac\u00a7t1bmiSSi(ltgS, he sought for setting aside the judgment of the<\/p>\n<p>trial eotirt-\n<\/p>\n<p>10. in the light of the above contention, the point that<\/p>\n<p>I<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;&#8221;,arises for consideration is as under:\n<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"hidden_text\">-9-<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Whether the plairtitffhas made out at casefor grant&#8221; of<\/p>\n<p>decree ofpermanent in_jtl.nctton?\n<\/p>\n<p>1 1. There is no dispute that the plaintiff and defendant<br \/>\nNos} to 6 are the children of defendant No.7. It is alsonot in<\/p>\n<p>dispute that, the suit schedule property and other are<\/p>\n<p>acquired by late N.M.Ran1aswarny, husband defendant<br \/>\nFirst defendant has not denied  he  -:l&#8217;ile:Cl&#8217;-_a_ls&#8217;uit &#8220;in if<\/p>\n<p>O.S.No.5425\/1996 for partition andllselparate .p_oslses&#8217;siloi:l{_~.._l&#8217;He<\/p>\n<p>has also not denied that th6l&#8221;&#8216;=\u00a7&#8217;aid suit .W&#8217;aS:.&#8217;.=\\trifl1ldrawl&#8217;l<br \/>\namicably settled. He has nott&#8221;&#8216;denied'&lt;_t.hat thee plaintiff and<br \/>\ndefendant Nos.1 to 7 ent_ered&#8230;l5into__:l\ufb01settlement deed on<\/p>\n<p>26.5.1997. In_ _ple.fitdillg_;&#039;V:l:heA&#039;*~ad.mit.s&quot;;\u00abt&#039;hat, plaintiff is in<\/p>\n<p>possession of in 1991, though he has denied<br \/>\nthe collstruetiotn lal.1eged  been made by the plaintiff and<\/p>\n<p>amount &#039;spent lby Athelplaitltifl&quot;. Defendants claim that, as long as<\/p>\n<p> of17settlerne&#039;l1tindeed are fully given effect to, it cannot<\/p>\n<p>lpartalte&#039; thei.ehara.eter of severance of status of joint family and<\/p>\n<p>as long  ~thatAlis not done, plaintifl&#039; is not entitled for grant of<\/p>\n<p> ~  decree ofi__njunetio1l. &quot;\n<\/p>\n<p>    It is pertinent to note that, defendant No.1, plaintiff<br \/>\nif   other defendants have not disputed the settlemeilt. lt is also<\/p>\n<p>\u00abshot in dispute that, the parties have reduced into writing the<\/p>\n<p>E<\/p>\n<p>J<\/p>\n<p>~l()~<\/p>\n<p>deed called settlement of properties and all of them have signed<\/p>\n<p>the deed. Clause 2 of the deed gives an option to the plaintiff to<\/p>\n<p>{retain the suit schedule property subject to paying to market<\/p>\n<p>value as stated therein. Allegation of the defendant Nvojilisypthat,<br \/>\nthe amount due from the plairtt.it&#8217;f is not paid <\/p>\n<p>totally due under the settlement deed is also  I.<\/p>\n<p>13. Insofar as suit property is=.,1conc.er:neel,.ld,efendant<\/p>\n<p>is liable to pay ? 22,14,300\/~ to defendant&#8217; .l\\los.e2,l&#8217;   and <\/p>\n<p>and other defendants have to  &#8211;  defendant<br \/>\nNo.1. No doubt, if the&#8217;t.er&#8217;ms -of &#8220;S_\u00a73\u20ac,itlf&#8217;err1ent require certain<br \/>\npayments are to be  tei&#8217;1ns~:l._&#8217;9f.l~~mat, parties are<\/p>\n<p>required to corf1plf,j.,.,=withl&#8211;.their re&#8217;spe&#8217;etive.sobligations, however,<\/p>\n<p>this is not a &#8216;s1,1itV&#8217;forAAdeclaration&#8217; of title and also not a suit for<\/p>\n<p>artition, &#8216;lair&#8221;it.iff only &#8216;sou ht for decree of errnanent<br \/>\nP P  _ , y  3 P<\/p>\n<p>_ injurmftiorit. It   dispute that, the plaintiff is also a heir of<br \/>\n  There is no dispute that the defendant No.1<br \/>\n but did not choose to enter the<\/p>\n<p> _ witness h&#8217;ojt,.lA\u00ab:however, has cross&#8211;e:-tarnined the plaintiff. When<br \/>\n &#8216;  paltieslhave admitted that the plaintiff is in possession, even<br \/>\n  that the terms of the settlernertt are not given effect to,<br \/>\n   does not confer any right on t.he defendaI3.t.s to interfere with<\/p>\n<p>~ the possession, which is otzherwise lawful, they may be entitled<\/p>\n<p>\u00a33<\/p>\n<p>wt<\/p>\n<p>for relief in terms of the seit.lement. but as the defendants<br \/>\nhaving adxnitted that the plaintiff is in possession and his<br \/>\npossession is Lmlawi&#8217;ul_ I find that the trial court only on<\/p>\n<p>appreciation of these material evidence has found the<\/p>\n<p>plaintiff is in possession, the said \ufb01nding is  <\/p>\n<p>evidence. There is no reason to interfere with &#8216;tiie.udgn1ei1i. and <\/p>\n<p>decree of the trial Court.\n<\/p>\n<p>14. It is also submitted,__by thel&#8221;learne&#8217;ti&#8217;xACoun_selll for;<\/p>\n<p>defendant No.1 that. the suitlllis_lll&#8217;pending-  partition and<br \/>\nseparate possession. If is so,  always open to the parties<br \/>\nto work out all other reprnedielsl iari-s~ing&#8217;l{_&#8217;between them and<\/p>\n<p>granting of dec;&#8221;ee&#8221;\u00abTol.&#8221;pefmainent  will not in any way<\/p>\n<p>prejudice &#8220;ll \ufb01nd that the judgment and<br \/>\ndecree of tleieltrial  and proper and does not call for<\/p>\n<p> interfe\u00a7reli1C.e.  I pass the following&#8221;:\n<\/p>\n<p>i ll 1  ll 0 R D E R<\/p>\n<p> ._  \u00e9ip.pea:l&#8217;*fails and same is dismissed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Karnataka High Court Sri N R Balakrishna S\/O Late N M &#8230; vs Sri N R Shivakumar S\/O Late N M &#8230; on 1 December, 2010 Author: Subhash B.Adi IN THE HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA AT BANGALORE DATED THIS THE I DAY OF DECEMBER 2010 BEFORE THE HONBLE MRJUSTICE SUBHASH V REGULAR FIRST APPEAL N0.2559\/2E(\u00a7&#8217;06:Aa.R.: [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,20],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-90258","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-high-court","category-karnataka-high-court"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Sri N R Balakrishna S\/O Late N M ... vs Sri N R Shivakumar S\/O Late N M ... on 1 December, 2010 - Free Judgements of Supreme Court &amp; 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