In Brief
A family property was partitioned among members in June 1990 by free agreement of the father. Daughters filed a partition suit in 1993 challenging the deed. The trial court upheld the partition. The High Court reversed it, but the Supreme Court restored the trial court's judgment. The Court held that where a partition is executed with free will and no evidence shows coercion or disagreement, courts must respect it. Unequal division may be justified by valid family reasons. The High Court erred in interfering with concurrent trial court findings without evidence of vitiating factors.
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