Dorairaj v. Doraisamy
Supreme Court of IndiaSupreme Court of India, 2026, February judgment reference 119Bench: Sanjay Karol; Satish Chandra Sharma
The Supreme Court (February 5) observed that once the existence of an ancestral, income-yielding property is established, any subsequent acquisition made by the Karta during the subsistence of a joint Hindu family is presumed to be joint family property, unless the person claiming self- acquisition discharges the burden of proof with cogent evidence.