Reunion of family: Principles explained in detail about concept of reunion of joint family, manner in which to be proved, presumption against reunion after partition. The plaintiff’s case throughout was that the family continued to be joint after 7-11-1960 and defendant 1 who alone had filed the written statements and appeared in the witness box having come with the case of partition on 8.03.1981 which he claims to be implemented on 6.8.1984 by compromise decree. It is proved that family was joint at least till then i.e. 8.3.1981 or 6.8.1984. Thus, in a year 1979, when the residential property in question was acquired, the three branches were joint Para 103
[R. Janakiammal v. S.K. Kumarasamy, (2021) 9 SCC 114]