Succession Application Or Suit for Admn

You have stated to have filed a suit for partition and no where you have stated that a sucession application has been filed or pending before any court..

A succession applicaiton is not necessary for inheriting the immovable property.

If there is a dispute amoing the legal heirs about dividng the property then the suit for partition before a civil court is a proper remedy and solutiuon, which you have already done.

Now since one of the the defendants is not appeaaring before court neither he has filed objection or written statement then the court would set him exparte and proceed with the further proceedeings of the case.

It is not understood that why your advocate  has not proceeded with the procedures meant  for this by pressurising the court to set the absenting defendant as exparte.

You can instruct your advocate to put pressure on court to set him exparte and begin the trial to dispose the case expeditiously since it is pending very long  

I agree with learned experts, ask your lawyer to put pressure on the court (suit for partition) and deliver verdict after proceeding ex-parte against the 6th LH who is not participating the proceeding.

You may consider to change your lawyer if not satisfied with his / her performance. 

Petition u/s 372 is in chapter x of indian succession act. There is no provision to convert succession certificate proceedings into suit like one in probate proceedings.

Therefore with draw petition filed u/s 372 and file suit.

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The succession certificate proceedings is summary proceedings, therefore the same do not bar filing of any suit and seeking declaration of status of parties, partition etc

Section 383 (e) provides for revocation

(e) that a decree or order made by a competent Court in a suit or other proceeding with respect to effects comprising debts or securities specified in the certificate renders it proper that the certificate should be revoked.

387. Effect of decisions under this Act, and liability of holder of certificate thereunder.-No decision under this Part upon any question of right between any parties shall be held to bar the trial of the same question in any suit or in any other proceeding between the same parties, and nothing in this Part shall be construed to affect the liability of any person who may receive the whole or any part of any debt or security, or any interest or dividend on any security, to account therefor to the person lawfully entitled thereto.

Therefore, the proceedings taken up in chapter x of Indian succession act does not, bar the parties to file suit

MADHVI AMMA BHAWANI AMMAAND OTHERS Vs. KUNJIKUTTY PILLAI MEENAKSHI PILLAI AND OTHERS  (2000) AIR(SC) 2301

JOGINDER PAL Vs INDIAN RED CROSS SOCIETY AND OTHERS in (2000) AIR(SC) 3279

COMMISSIONER OF ENDOWMENTS AND OTHERS Vs. VITTAL RAO AND OTHERS reported in (2005) AIR(SC) 454

Parties are entitled for exclusion of time spent in 14 of limitation act

There must be pleading

“the plaintiff has been prosecuting with due diligence succession Proceeding and is prosecuted in good faith in a court which had limited jurisdiction and now to get finality it is advised to file suit withdrawing succession certificate and therefore I am entitled for exclusion of time spent in Succession proceeding”

The Hon’ble Karnataka  high court has held in judgement VASANTHA KUMARI AND OTHERS Vs. RANI SHANTHAAND OTHERS AIR 2015 Kar 167 held the suit filed will not be barred.

You are welcome for your appreciations.