(1.) The above second appeal raises an interesting point of law under Section 14 of the Hindu Succession Act and arises out of a suit for possession filed by respondent No. 1 Vishwanath Pandharinath Joshi.
(2.) The relevant facts may be briefly stated as under :-
(3.) One Mathurabai, the widow of Narhar Joshi, died on or about May 29, 1965. The plaintiff Vishwanath and defendants Nos. 4 to 6 are the nephews of her deceased husband Narhar. The genealogy of the family, as set out by the learned District Judge in his judgement, is as follows :-