Alive on 9 September 2005? A Legal Analysis of Madras High Court’s Decision in M. Iyyanar v. Kalvikarasi
by Ananya Pattabhiraman* and Badhri Narayanan**
Inheritance rights
From Preferential Rights Under Hindu Succession Law to Notarised Divorces: Everything That Happened in Family and Personal Law in July 2026
The July Roundup of Family and Personal Law contains important rulings and judgements from the Courts all over, on succession rights, marriage, divorce, inheritance rights under Oraon customary law and more.
Uncle-in-law cannot make niece’s husband a “Ghardamad” to claim inheritance rights under Oraon customary law: Supreme Court
The Court placed reliance on well-established and acknowledged sources of the law as it prevails in the community which, at the cost of repetition, postulates that in the absence of a ghardamad or any other male heir directly related to the landowner, i.e. the male members of the family, the nearest male agnate will have the right in the property.
‘Inheritance rights and authority restricted to deceased testatrix’s footsteps’; Calcutta High Court’s major relief to Lodhas in Priyamvada Birla Will Case
In the instant matter, the Calcutta High Court delivered its final judgment, clarifying the rights of Mr. H.V. Lodha in the operating companies, bringing an end to this complex and protracted legal saga.