AS/16/1954 of PHILIPOSE MARKOSE Vs THOMA CHACKO on 28 January 1955

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Inthe High Courtof Travancore-Cochin.BeforeThe Ion'ble Shri P.K.SubramaniaIyer,Judge.The Hon*ble Shri M. s. Menon.Judg-e.

(Appea 1 s.uit No.------

16 of 1954.

o.s.No.155 of 1950, Kottayam District Court.

Appellant: Philipose Markose, Naliimuttathu Padinjaraethil, residing at Kollamkulangara, Vakathanam Muri, -Puthuppall1 Pakuthy, Changana@herry TalukPlff.

By advocateSr1 M.U.Isaac.

Hespondents:-1. Thonia Chacko, Ayiram Mama, Veroor Muri,

--Vazhappally Kizhakkumbhagom Pakuthy Changanacherry Taluk -1st defendant.·2.Thom.man Kurien, Puliyamkunnel Kochupurackal,-Do.Muri,do.Pakuthy, Do.laluk2nd defendant.3. Mani Mani, Kochuparambil, Do.Muri, Do.Pakuthy,Do.Taluk• 3rd defendant.4. Ma than Mathai, Kuthukallungal,residingat,-Ayiram ala, Do.Muri, Do.Pakuthy 4th deft..5.Chacko Thoma, Pulachirakannuparambil, Do.Muri,-Do.Pakuthy, Do.Taluk 5th defendant.6. Kurien Thoma, Kochupurayil,residing atUmbackattu, Do,Muri,do.Pakuthy, Do.Taluk.· 6th defendant.

(No appearance).

This appeal having been finally heardob 28.1.

1955 the courton the

same day delivered the following

.Judgment •

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The Hon'ble Shri P,K.Subramania Iyer & the Hon'bleShri M.$.Menon, JJ.

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,:·Judgment.(Deliverod by 3ubramenia Iyer J.).

Jr.Issac on behalf of the appellant placed all the facts before us very clea-rly.The at tenti on of the court belowtnor or tho psrtie1 appeal's 4to have been focussed upon the twoquestions on whieh the decision of the case depends.They are(a)the character of, the acquisition of the properties in thenames of' tho five brothers and (b) the date of the acquisition.e+a$7The Travancore lair Act, I of 1088,'!9:Pa:r..•iff in section 17 that Property obtained from the husbend or father by the wifeor widow and child or children by gift or inheritance,shall, unless in the cs»se of gii't a contrary intentionappears from the;instrument of gift, belong to the wifeor widow and; each of the children 'in equal shares with "right to individual partition and section l o£ the Travancore air #c, Iof 1100, provide as follows:

11[i-'][r][o][p][c][r][t][y][ a][c][qu][i][r][ed][ b][y][ g][i][f][t]Ol" bequ,1st frorn. the father, or husband before Regulation I 6f 1088 «me into'

force snall, for the purposeof this Chapter, intheabgenee of evi denee to the contrary, be treated as theI~ property of the donees r devises and of their!avajbee".···..

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The earJ.ie1t• Act had no retropsttve operation whereas the later Act provided tor a rebuttable pesumption in respect oth«er«o«s.acquisitions made prior to the date of the eerlier Act.Pla:rntiff' s case is that the five brothers were co-ownershaving separate interests ~nd the case of the contesting --defendant is that the tenure under which the fivebrotherstook the property was as members of a thavazh.es.It thisacquisition be after theA4ct of 1088 then the plaintiff -succeeds.He will also succeed even if the acqu1ait1on bebefore the Act or 1088 if he establishes that the acquisition

was by the ·r1ve brother4 •• •otowners.The presumptionr:regarding acqu1a1t1ona ,e,tore 1088 provided for in section'41 or the Act ofi1a&rut1 resat1on.2era 1s"'no ev!denqe,,a., au 3J1 ·-1• :;-.e.81-Jl"-4• -tc, com\! to a oonclueion-on either ot thet11t1-.qtasatdpoiHt-s. The plaintiff m•Y•·•:zf&·z..'also succeed 1:t he is alfle to establish aseveranceofstatua}- -9.~:tr.tw.~_en-;,tM,. ••4:uir.r•_,-.. ?Ji ~\Mm~.1Jlley acquired 1t originl\llY·as. members+of s.#havamph%themeis no ov1dance at all on the.. hirGIH4-:llb14.b •.-ld1 ~~,_ua1~t~ QQ11le tQ a defiuite cQn0lu,1onion any_e>t) the abow-1.~-jPoink11>~ view ;Of, :thi-s ,,situation.,_-r11.e ·;set a:side the dGcl'tt>;of r'tlttc ct_tlu~ below :and fr,emand the-1,t'tt!lS:e to- ithati oeo_v,t .tor ••ltb:,,A!l.s-_p,qa.~l afte;r ~t'-fording -•~~--N- ::.-~opportim-M¥£:!lq :tlW fllDJl<fiiri.n·-•d:pa:rt1es 'to ,adduce .whatever~,ev14ene:e, til•.;caav baw•,•fboth, ~el- a:nd, doci.UJler1tary.Coats.£;+"» ; ·. ,_. .. .-::-=:l- ~ .. :.:ot ,-._;,:~, •P. •~.al excep,t,.-,:e, ... ·•:'q·4u.t·t ·C•e:~hi,'n~w;l:1\1-_be refunded totheappellant'scounsel nil] abide the resu1t a-nd will be provided.-,: -'-y' L '(j.• ,;_ :·• .;; ; 'l-::tor by the court below tits decree.~,-y-_;:f·;28. 1.~ 1955.'''[''

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