Anant Bhikappa Patil vs Shankar Ramchandra Patil on 26 July, 1943
The decision of the Judicial Committee in Anant v. Shankar (4) was unexpected and revolutionary in character. It is likely that in view of the fluid and uncertain state of the law on this point the two brothers Goudappa and Apparaya decided to execute a bogus deed of partition in order to avoid any legal consequence which may follow if either of the widows should take a son in adoption. We are accordingly of the view that there is proper evidence to support the concurrent finding of the lower courts and there is no reason to disturb that finding.