Kurapati Radhakrishna And Anr. vs Kurapati Satyanarayana And Ors. on 23 April, 1948
The learned Judges thought that their view was supported by the decision in Palaniammal v. Muthuvenkatachala Moniagar (1924) 48 M.L.J. 83 : L.R. 52 I.A. 83 : 853.I.L.R. 48 Mad. 254 (P.C.), but in that case the question was not between the father and his descendants but between persons standing in the same degree. In such a case no doubt the separation of one member does not necessarily create a division between all the members, but it is a totally different thing where the father as the head of the family of his branch severs himself from the others. Not only himself but his descendants as well would become separated from the other branches. The learned Judges in view of this conclusion thought that the minor stood to gain by not separating himself from the rest. This again is a decision in which there was no express declaration but one had to be inferred from the conduct.