Varala Ravinder, vs Smt.Ananthamma Vippapoovula Lakshmi, on 29 February, 2024
In Venkalakshmi Ammal's case (8th cited supra), the
High Court of Madras at Para 48 of its judgment held that it is well
settled that proof of the existence of a joint family does not lead to
the presumption that property held by any member is joint and the
burden rests upon anyone asserting that any item of property was
joint to establish the fact, but where it is established that the family
possessed some joint property which from its nature and value may
have formed the nucleus from which the property in question may
have been acquired, burden shifts to the party alleging self-
acquisition to establish affirmatively that the property was
acquired without the aid of the joint family property.