https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=198165 A Hindu family is presumed joint, but no presumption arises that property or business standing in a member's name is joint family property; the party asserting that character must prove an ancestral or joint family nucleus and acquisition from it. On the facts stated, separate tax returns, separate dealings, and independent litigation supported individual ownership and partnership arrangements, so the claim to joint family property failed. A registered will is proved when attesting evidence establishes due execution and the propounder removes any real suspicious circumstances; vague allegations of undue influence or fraud were insufficient here, so the will stood valid. The dissolution suits were remitted because the framed issues had not been adjudicated on merits. en-us Wed, 20 Nov 2002 00:00:00 +0530 Wed, 24 Jan 2018 15:07:19 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=198165 A Hindu family is presumed joint, but no presumption arises that property or business standing in a member's name is joint family property; the party asserting that character must prove an ancestral or joint family nucleus and acquisition from it. On the facts stated, separate tax returns, separate dealings, and independent litigation supported individual ownership and partnership arrangements, so the claim to joint family property failed. A registered will is proved when attesting evidence establishes due execution and the propounder removes any real suspicious circumstances; vague allegations of undue influence or fraud were insufficient here, so the will stood valid. The dissolution suits were remitted because the framed issues had not been adjudicated on merits. Case-Laws Indian Laws Wed, 20 Nov 2002 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=198165