https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=55203 Section 6 of the Hindu Succession Act, 1956 does not itself cause an automatic disruption of a Hindu undivided family on the death of a male member; the family continues unless there is a clear volition to separate. A claim of actual partition must therefore be proved with cogent objective evidence. Here, affidavits from coparceners were found insufficient and the requested material was not produced, so the alleged partition was not established. The assessee remained bound to prove a valid partition and failed to do so. en-us Thu, 05 Oct 1989 00:00:00 +0530 Sun, 06 Feb 2011 05:24:00 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=55203 Section 6 of the Hindu Succession Act, 1956 does not itself cause an automatic disruption of a Hindu undivided family on the death of a male member; the family continues unless there is a clear volition to separate. A claim of actual partition must therefore be proved with cogent objective evidence. Here, affidavits from coparceners were found insufficient and the requested material was not produced, so the alleged partition was not established. The assessee remained bound to prove a valid partition and failed to do so. Case-Laws Wealth-tax Thu, 05 Oct 1989 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=55203