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14. As I said, strong reliance is placed by the learned Counsel on the decision rendered by Raghavan, J. in Thyagarajan v. Sundaravelu . There the learned Judge held that after the passing of the final decree, there cannot be another final decree regarding mesne profits on the footing that the mesne profits merge in the property from which it is derived. That cannot be taken to be a proposition of law. The judgment of Raghavan, J. was considered by Krishnaswamy Reddy, J. in Manicka Mudaliar v. Munilakshmammal . Krishnaswamy Reddy, J., has pointed out that though mesne profits, if ascertained, might merge into the corpus, if it had not been so ascertained, it is separable and it is open to the parties to ask for more than one final decree depending upon the exigencies and other factors of the case. In fact, as already pointed out, in a suit for partition it is not ' mesne profits ' that can be claimed, the simple reason being that the possession by one sharer is not wrongful. A co-sharer in possession is only bound to render an account regarding profits after suit, as that is also property to be divided amongst the sharers. Take, for instance, a case where there are half a dozen items of immoveable properties all in the possession of one sharer and he has kept a true and proper account regarding the income of all the six items as one unit and such account is acceptable regarding the net profits shown therein. In such a case it may not be necessary or even possible to ascertain the profits for each item separately. If in that case, final decree has been passed in respect of some of the items of immoveable properties only (without dividing the profits) can it be said that there can be a second final decree only in respect of the remaining items of immoveable properties but not regarding the profits in respect of all the item? When there is the possibility of the profits from an individual item as inseparable from that of another item, I am unable to see how it can be laid as a proposition that profits merge with the respective item.