MANICKA POOSALI (DEAD) BY LRS. . vs ANJALAI AMMAL — C.A. No. 6736/1999

Case Summary: C.A. No. 006736/1999 Decision: Supreme Court allowed the appeal, setting aside the High Court's judgment and restoring the first appellate court's decree. The Court held that properties (items 22-26, 29) were Mottaya Poosali's self-acquired properties, not joint family assets, and that the settlement deed and will were valid. Respondents (widow and daughter of deceased Sadaya Poosali) are entitled only to a 7/27 share in joint family properties allotted in the 1970 partition, not the broader 4/9 share the High Court granted. Key Reasoning: The High Court exceeded its jurisdiction under Section 100 CPC by re-appreciating factual findings without establishing they were perverse, and by addressing the validity of the settlement deed and will—issues never framed as substantial questions of law and not raised by respondents in pleadings or evidence. This case analysis is maintained by casestatus.in based on publicly available court records.