In Brief
This case concerns whether a 1963 settlement deed transferring 2/3rd share of ancestral property to Govindammal was valid. The High Court reversed concurrent findings of lower courts, holding it was a gift deed rather than a settlement. The Supreme Court restored the lower courts' decisions, finding that consideration existed beyond monetary value—including past care and promised future maintenance. The Court reaffirmed that settlement deeds in family contexts need not rest on monetary consideration and that High Courts cannot overturn concurrent findings of fact without raising substantial unsettled questions of law. The heirs of Govindammal are entitled to the 2/3rd share.
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