Kolkata Court November 1902 Judgments

Parbati Kumari Debi Vs. Jagadis Chunder Dhabal

Court: Kolkata

Reported in: (1902)ILR29Cal433

Robertson, J.1. The questions raised by this appeal relate to the succession to Raja Purna Chunder, who died on 23rd August 1886. He left no issue, but was survived by two widows and a half-brother. One of the two widows, Rani Radha Kumari Debi, granted a release, and, although appearing as a defendant in this suit, raised no claim adverse to the interest of the half-brother, and does not appear in this appeal. The half-brother has died since this suit was instituted and is now represented by his son, the minor respondent. The present controversy is between the appellant, who is the other widow, on the one hand, and the son of the brother on the other hand, and relates to two subject-matters of very different values. Those are (1) the ancestral estates of the deceased Puma Chunder, which are situate in the Jungle Mehals of Midnapore and are claimed by the appellant on the ground that the succession is governed by the Dayabhaga law, which would give it to her; and (2) four mouzahs bough...