Mallesappa Bandeppa Desai And Others vs Desai Mallappa And Others on 9 February, 1961
7. It is unnecessary to deal with the point raised in this case in very great detail because the points are more or less completely covered by a series of decisions. It is settled law that a coparcencer, who is a member of an HUF, has a right to throw his self-acquired property into the common hotchpot. The two decisions of the Supreme Court which have some bearing on this point are Mallesappa Bandeppa Desai v. Desai Mallappa, and Lakkireddii Chinna Venkata Reddi v. Lakkireddi Lakshmama, . The following quotation from the judgment of Shah J. in the latter case indicates the legal position (at p. 1604) :