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Hindu Succession Act

Case BriefsSupreme Court

Consent decree recognising pre-existing rights created by oral family settlement does not require registration under section 17 of Registration Act, 1908: Supreme Court

Supreme Court: The bench of Ashok Bhushan* and R. Subhash Reddy, JJ has held that consent decree recognising pre-existing rights created by

Published on February 25, 2021February 26, 2021By Prachi Bhardwaj
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Case BriefsSupreme Court

Married woman’s heirs on paternal side are not strangers; she can enter in family settlement with such heirs: Supreme Court

Supreme Court: The bench of Ashok Bhushan* and R. Subhash Reddy, JJ has held that when heirs of father of a female

Published on February 23, 2021February 26, 2021By Prachi Bhardwaj
2 Comments6200 views
Case BriefsHigh Courts

[Succession] Madras HC | “Stale claim resurrected for some other reason”: Court rejects claim to property filed by husband and son of alleged co-parcener

Madras High Court: R. Subramanian, J., dismissed the second appeal filed in regard to suit for partition and granting possession of share to

Published on November 3, 2020November 12, 2020By Bhumika Indulia
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Case BriefsSupreme Court

Daughters have coparcenary rights by birth even if father died before the Hindu Succession (Amendment) Act, 2005 came into force [DETAILED REPORT]

Supreme Court: The 3-judge bench of Arun Mishra, SA Nazeer and MR Shah, JJ has held that daughters have right in coparcenary

Published on August 11, 2020August 14, 2020By Prachi Bhardwaj
1 Comment15839 views
Case BriefsSupreme Court

Execution of Will| Sufficient to prove attestation of one attesting witness to be in his handwriting when both attesting witnesses are dead

Supreme Court: Explaining the requirement under Section 69 of the Evidence Act pertinent to Section 68 of the Evidence Act that the

Published on July 20, 2020July 24, 2020By Prachi Bhardwaj
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Case BriefsSupreme Court

Widow can’t claim ownership over a mutated property under Section 14 of Hindu Succession Act

Supreme Court: In a case where a widow claimed possession of a property mutated in her name on the basis of the oral gift from her husband before

Published on April 7, 2019April 18, 2019By Prachi Bhardwaj
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Case BriefsHigh Courts

Husband not entitled to wife’s property after her death if property had been inherited from the deceased’s parents

Bombay High Court: A Single Judge Bench comprising of Dr. Shalini Phansalkar-Joshi, J. heard a petition filed against the husband (respondent) of

Published on January 29, 2018By Saba
3 Comments13735 views
Case BriefsHigh Courts

Succession Certificate can only be granted to legal heirs of a person dying intestate

Delhi High Court: A Bench comprising of Valmiki J. Mehta, J. dismissed the appeal filed by the appellant for revocation of the

Published on May 6, 2017May 22, 2017By Saba
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