Rajeeswari vs Manjula, W/o. Pandurangan Advocate - Thiru. K.Ragotham for R4, Tr. K.Sundaram for R6, R — 15/2024

The court dismissed the appellants' appeal and upheld the trial court's decision, holding that children born to the deceased through a relationship during his first marriage are entitled to equal inheritance rights as Class I heirs under the Hindu Succession Act, 1956 and Hindu Marriage Act, 1955. The court rejected the appellants' claim to exclusive ownership of pledged gold jewelry, finding insufficient evidence and determining the jewelry belonged to the deceased, whose estate must be shared among all legal heirs. This case analysis is maintained by casestatus.in based on publicly available court records.