As per the case facts a partition suit was dismissed by the Trial Court and this dismissal was upheld by the High Court The appeal to the Supreme Court sought ... to challenge these judgments claiming a share in the properties based on succession laws The succession to the properties opened in upon the death of an individual The question arose whether the daughters of the deceased's son were entitled to inherit a share in the properties Finally the Supreme Court ruled that the Act applied and therefore the deceased's son's daughters being Class-I heirs of their father were also heirs and entitled to a th share in each of the properties The previous judgments were set aside and the appeal was allowed

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