Kolkata Court April 2006 Judgments

Rita Shaw and ors. Vs. Dipendra Lal Shaw and anr.

Court: Kolkata

Reported in: 2006(4)CHN414

Aniruddha Bose, J.1. This is a suit for partition of the estates of one Samarendrajit Shaw and Smt. Jashoda Shaw being the parents of the plaintiffs and the defendant. The plaintiffs are the two daughters and one son, whereas the defendant is the eldest son of the deceased couple. Originally, one Mrinalini Debi being the landlady of certain premises from where said Samarendrajit Shaw used to carry on business was impleaded as the second defendant, but the suit against her was dismissed by this Court. Accordingly, the eldest son of Samarendrajit Shaw and Jashoda Debi became the sole defendant in the suit, and is being referred to in this judgment as 'the defendant'. Samarendrajit Shaw and Smt. Jashoda Shaw had passed away on 6th October, 1982 and 2nd November, 1977 respectively. They had four children, all of them being major by age, who are parties to the suit. However, the third plaintiff, originally named Krishnananda Shaw, had later on renounced the world by joining a religious orde...