Achutha Menon vs Jaganatha Menon And Ors. on 30 September, 1983
19. A decree for accounting for the income of three years prior to the institution of the suit cannot be sustained because defendant 1 as karnavan had the right to be in possession of the tavazhi property to the exclusion of the other members of the tavazhi and was not bound to render account. We may in support of this position refer to a decision in Unnikrishna Menon v. Sankara Menon, (1964 Ker LT 1049) wherein it has been observed that: