Partition Civil/Criminal Case

KLB Law Firm represented client SV Ranga Rao in a suit for partition, structuring a strategy to establish co-parcenary rights, delineate shares, and secure metes-and-bounds division with mesne profits accounting where applicable, while addressing any parallel criminal allegations ancillary to property disputes.

Overview & Challenges

The case focused on proving joint family/joint ownership status, identifying the partition nucleus, and tracing alienations to determine what is partible and what stands excluded.

• - Establishing co-parcenary/shareholder status and the date of severance in status through pleadings and notices.
• - Establishing co-parcenary/shareholder status and the date of severance in status through pleadings and notices.
• Challenging alleged alienations as non-binding absent legal necessity/benefit of estate and scrutinizing consideration application.
• Addressing limitation, court-fee valuation based on possession/exclusion, and objections on maintainability and non-joinder.
• Managing any collateral criminal complaints arising from possession disputes, ensuring they do not derail civil adjudication.