The Supreme Court on Thursday (November 6) observed that a registered relinquishment deed releasing share of a coparcener in the joint family property, operates immediately regardless of its implementation.

“A release by a coparcener for consideration operates immediately to divest his subsisting coparcenary interest; it does not depend for its efficacy on any further act of implementation.” , the court observed.

A bench of Justices Vikram Nath, Sandeep Mehta and NV Anjaria set aside the concurrent findings of the Karnataka High Court and trial court, which refused to consider the Appellant's exclusive share in the suit property, despite there being a registered relinquishment deeds by Appellant's two brothers releasing their respective shares in Appellant's favor, and a subsequent fa

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