https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=272603 A revenue-court finding on title does not bar a later civil suit by res judicata when the earlier issue was decided incidentally in proceedings outside the revenue court's exclusive jurisdiction. The Court also held that a Hindu family's jointness is not presumed where long conduct, treatment of property as self-acquired, and revenue entries point the other way, and that reunion in estate and interest requires clear proof. On the evidence, no reunion was established, and properties acquired only by some members of different branches did not acquire coparcenary character or pass by survivorship. en-us Mon, 04 Sep 1961 00:00:00 +0530 Sat, 21 Jun 2025 13:38:00 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=272603 A revenue-court finding on title does not bar a later civil suit by res judicata when the earlier issue was decided incidentally in proceedings outside the revenue court's exclusive jurisdiction. The Court also held that a Hindu family's jointness is not presumed where long conduct, treatment of property as self-acquired, and revenue entries point the other way, and that reunion in estate and interest requires clear proof. On the evidence, no reunion was established, and properties acquired only by some members of different branches did not acquire coparcenary character or pass by survivorship. Case-Laws Indian Laws Mon, 04 Sep 1961 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=272603