https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=171784 In a Mitakshara joint family, severance of status requires an unequivocal intention to divide, and mere specification of shares in a prior partition decree does not by itself break the family unit; the decree was read as dividing the family into branches, not effecting intra-branch separation. A claim that joint family property was acquired with joint funds in another's name was held outside Section 66 CPC, because the suit was not one asserting purchase on behalf of the claimant or his predecessor. Liability to render accounts survives against the estate of a deceased party, so a decree for accounts could validly run against the estates of members who died during proceedings. en-us Thu, 11 Aug 1966 00:00:00 +0530 Sat, 01 Aug 2015 15:28:13 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=171784 In a Mitakshara joint family, severance of status requires an unequivocal intention to divide, and mere specification of shares in a prior partition decree does not by itself break the family unit; the decree was read as dividing the family into branches, not effecting intra-branch separation. A claim that joint family property was acquired with joint funds in another's name was held outside Section 66 CPC, because the suit was not one asserting purchase on behalf of the claimant or his predecessor. Liability to render accounts survives against the estate of a deceased party, so a decree for accounts could validly run against the estates of members who died during proceedings. Case-Laws Indian Laws Thu, 11 Aug 1966 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=171784