Musammat Girja Bai vs Sadashiv Dhundiraj on 19 May, 1916
5. This was laid down by the Privy Council in Girja Bai v. Sadashiv Dhundiraj A.I.R. 1916 P.C. 104; and in a later case in Ramalinga Annavi v. Narayana Annavi A.I.R. 1922 P.C. 201 it was held that division in status took effect from the date of the declaration, namely, in the case of a suit, the date of the plaint.