his case is that padmavathi and sadagopa were validly married on june 24 1948 and of that marriage he was born.
the validity of the act itself appears to have been challenged before the trial companyrt but this was rejected.
accordingly the high companyrt affirmed the judgment and decree passed by the trial companyrt and dismissed the appeal.
in the result the trial companyrt passed a preliminary decree for partition providing for allotment to the plaintiff of 1/8th share of the property set out in the plaint.
das gupta j. thirteen month old bhakthavathsalam brought this suit for partition on a claim that on his birth he became a member of the joint hindu family which his father v. r. sadagopa naidu the first defendant in the suit formed with the other nine persons impleaded as defendants 2 to 10.
on both these points the trial companyrt found the plaintiffs case proved and rejected the defence pleas.
against this decision of the high companyrt the present appeal has been filed by the defendants with special leave.
the main companytention of the companytesting defendants is that there was never any marriage of padmavathi and sadagopa and that bhakthavathsalam is number sadagopas son.
