Case of Dorairaj vs Doraisamy (Dead), SC Judgement Dated 5th February 2026. The apex court reiterated settled law that mere existence of a joint family is not enough, but once ancestral properties yielding income are established and acquisitions are made during the subsistence of the joint family, the burden shifts to the person asserting self-acquisition. In the present case, ancestral lands were proved to be income-yielding through revenue records, wells and irrigation facilities. The plea that later acquisitions in the name of the father (Karta) or one coparcener were self-acquired was held not proved by cogent evidence.
— The apex court also upheld rejection of an unregistered Will allegedly executed three days prior to death, noting suspicious circumstances (thumb impression despite habit of signing, execution close to death, doubtful scribe/attestors) and holding that the finding had attained finality.