In Brief
Krishna Devi sought partition and possession of half her father's share in ancestral property, claiming the sale deed her father executed to her cousin was obtained by fraud and misrepresentation. The trial court upheld her claim, but the appellate court and High Court reversed this, finding the sale deed valid. The Supreme Court dismissed her appeal, holding that mere assertions of fraud, without medical evidence or other cogent proof of the father's unsoundness of mind at the time of execution, cannot invalidate a properly registered and attested deed. The Sub-Registrar and witnesses confirmed the deed was properly executed by a person in sound mind."
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