M.N. Aryamurthy And Anr. vs M.D. Subbaraya Setty (Dead) Through L. ... on 20 September, 1971
12. Technical objections were also raised to the alleged family arrangement embodying Ext. A A on the ground that one of the sons, M.L. Vasudeva Murthy, defendant No. 8, had just attained majority when he had signed the acceptance of the Will and the other son, Dasaratha Setty, who was then a minor, had also signed the Will. There is no evidence to show that Vasudtva Murthy who was a callowlad at the time, had independent advice when he had signed along with his brothers; and, so far as the minor Dasaratha Setty is concerned, his signature below the Will has absolutely no voluet Lachiah was the guardian of Dasartha Setty at the time and, as pointed out in Subbarami Rfddi v. Ramamma (supra), the arrangements made in the will could not have been supported as against Dasaratha Setty on the ground that his father Lachiah was also a party to it. And, when one of the sons of the family shown to have not accepted or participated in the family arrangement, the family arrangement as a binding agreement between the several coparceners must fail (See Mohammed Amin v. Vakil Chand 1952 S.C.R. 1133).