The parties were married in 1972 in Punjab. In 1985, a petition for divorce by mutual consent was filed in court at Amritsar The appellant-wife alleged that she was not a consenting party, and the petition was dismissed in 1987 following an agreement on the basis of which she would be put back in th...

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Chiranjilal Shrilal Goenka Vs. Jasjit Singh & Ors [1993] INSC 141 (18 March 1993)

Judgement Date : march/1993, Citation : 1993 Latest Caselaw 139 SC

Headnote :

The appellant Shri Chiranjilal Shri Lal Goenka was involved in several suits, one of which was the present appeal. He died on November 25, 1985 leaving behind his last Will dated October 29, 1982 in which he appointed his younger daughter Mrs. Sushila N. Rungta as the sole executrix Radhey Shyam, th...

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Bihar Supply Syndicate Vs. Asiatic Navigation & Ors [1993] INSC 133 (17 March 1993)

Judgement Date : march/1993, Citation : 1993 Latest Caselaw 131 SC

Headnote :

The plaintiff had purchased crushed and uncrushed salt from Defendent No. 3 on payment By a charter party agreement Defendent No. 2, chartered a vessel to Defendent No. 3 for loading salt at Kandla Port in Gujarat and for carrying the same to Calcutta Port. The Plaintiff had directly paid to Defende...

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Smt. Rani Devi Vs. Bhole Nath & Ors [1991] INSC 268 (22 October 1991)

Judgement Date : october/1991, Citation : 1991 Latest Caselaw 268 SC

Headnote :

The appellant-landlady, filed a suit under s.21 of the U.P. Urban Building (Regulation of letting, rent and evic- tion) Act, 1972 for eviction of the tenant on the ground of bona fide requirement- The prescribed authority and the Appellate Tribunal found as a fact that the appellant's requiremen...

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State of Punjab Vs. Balwant Singh & Ors [1991] INSC 258 (9 October 1991)

Judgement Date : october/1991, Citation : 1991 Latest Caselaw 258 SC

Headnote :

One Smt. 'M' inherited from her husband certain agri- cultural lands. Some of the lands were under mortgage and in the possession of defendants 2 to 6. She died intestate after the Hindu Succession Act, 1956 came into force. As there was no heir entitled to succeed to her property, mutation...

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Thota Sesharathamma & ANR Vs. Thota Manikyamma & Ors [1991] INSC 209 (23 August 1991)

Judgement Date : august/1991, Citation : 1991 Latest Caselaw 209 SC

Headnote :

Plaintiff's case was that as the defendant and her husband had no issue they brought up the plaintiff as their foster son from the age of eight years and thereafter the plaintiff continued to live with them and was brought up treating him as their own son. Defendant's husband 'died on...

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Kalawatibai Vs. Soiryabai & Ors [1991] INSC 122 (1 May 1991)

Judgement Date : may/1991, Citation : 1991 Latest Caselaw 122 SC

Headnote :

A Hindu widow executed a gift deed in 1954 of the entire estate inherited by her from her husband in favour of the appellant, one of her daughters. This led to the filling of two cross-suits-one by the appellant for permanent injunction basing her claim on the gift deed and the other by the responde...

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Mst. Surayya Begum, Vs. Mohd. Usman & Ors [1991] INSC 116 (26 April 1991)

Judgement Date : april/1991, Citation : 1991 Latest Caselaw 116 SC

Headnote :

The respondents-landlords in the two appeals obtained decrees of eviction against the legal representatives of the original tenants of the premises in dispute . In execution, the appellants objected, contending that since they were not impleaded as parties in the eviction proceedings, their right to...

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Smt. P. Leelavathamma Vs. Controller of Estate Duty, Andhra Pradesh, Hyderabad [1991] INSC 46 (15 February 1991)

Judgement Date : february/1991, Citation : 1991 Latest Caselaw 46 SC

Headnote :

The High Court in a reference under the Estate Duty Act, 1953 held that in computing the net principal value of the estate for the purpose of the Act, the appellant was not entitled to deduct either the estate duty payable on the estate or the amount attributable to the maintenance of the wife of th...

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Gurdip Singh & ANR Vs. Amar Singh & ANR [1991] INSC 42 (14 February 1991)

Judgement Date : february/1991, Citation : 1991 Latest Caselaw 42 SC

Headnote :

The grandfather of the appellants and respondents had two wives. The first wife and her only son died during his life time. The pre-deceased son left behind four sons and a daughter. In 1947, the grand-father made three oral gifts of certain properties in favour of his second wife, in lieu of mainte...

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Mst. Mohindero Vs. Kartar Singh & Ors [1990] INSC 333 (30 October 1990)

Judgement Date : october/1990, Citation : 1990 Latest Caselaw 333 SC

Headnote :

Santi married Kisso and gave birth to a son, the father of the appellant. On the death of Kisso, Santi married his brother, Ditto, who died issueless. On the death of Ditto, the mutation of his estate was sanctioned in Santi's name, being his widow. She was in possession of the same as life-E...

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Tara Chand & ANR Vs. Ram Prasad [1990] INSC 183 (3 May 1990)

Judgement Date : may/1990, Citation : 1990 Latest Caselaw 183 SC

Headnote :

Smt. Anandi Bai wife of Appellant No. 1 and mother of Appellant No. 2 had a lease of suit shop in Jaipur for a period of 11 months beginning May 1, 1964 wherein she was carrying on small kirana business. The Respondent-landlord terminated the lease by a notice issued under section 106 of the Transfe...

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Dinaji & Ors Vs. Daddi & Ors [1989] INSC 341 (10 November 1989)

Judgement Date : november/1989, Citation : 1989 Latest Caselaw 341 SC

Headnote :

In a suit for injunction and possession of the suit property, on the basis of a registered sale deed executed by the widow of the owner of the property, filed by the appellants, the question of admissibility of an unregistered document, said to be Deed of Adoption, by which the widow conferred on th...

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P.Ganeshwar Rao & Co Vs. State of Andhra Pradesh & Ors [1988] INSC 263 (5 September 1988)

Judgement Date : september/1988, Citation : 1988 Latest Caselaw 260 SC

Headnote :

The Public Service Commission invited applications for direct recruitment against 51 vacancies of Assistant Engineers in the Andhra Pradesh Panchayat Raj Engineering Service. The number of vacancies was arrived at under the provisions of the Andhra Pradesh Panchayat Raj Engineering Service (Special)...

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Thakore Shri Vinayasinhji Vs. Kumar Shri Natwarsinhji & Ors [1987] INSC 340 (18 November 1987)

Judgement Date : november/1987, Citation : 1987 Latest Caselaw 339 SC

Headnote :

The father of the appellant Thakore Shri Vinayasinhji, the Ruler of the former Mohanpur State, gifted certain properties to his youngest son, the respondent No. 1, by a deed of gift dated May 14, 1951, and also bequeathed certain properties to the respondent No. 1 and his mother by his will dated Ma...

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Gopal Singh & ANR Vs. Dile Ram & Ors [1987] INSC 272 (6 October 1987)

Judgement Date : october/1987, Citation : 1987 Latest Caselaw 271 SC

Headnote :

The predecessors-in-interest of the parties were co- reversioners of the testator, a Hindu widow. Prior to 1943 she executed a deed of gift in favour of the father of the appellants of certain properties in which she had life interest. Decreeing the suit filed by the respondent/plaintiffs the trial...

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Thamma Venkata Subbamma Vs. Thamma Rattamma & Ors [1987] INSC 157 (6 May 1987)

Judgement Date : may/1987, Citation : 1987 Latest Caselaw 156 SC

Headnote :

A coparcener in a Joint Hindu Family governed by the Mitakshara school in Hindu Law executed a deed of settlement (which indisputably was really a deed of gift) in favour of another coparcener (his brother) conveying his entire undivided interest in the coparcenary but reserving a life interest to h...

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Jagannathan Pillai Vs. Kunjithapadam Pillai & Ors [1987] INSC 122 (21 April 1987)

Judgement Date : april/1987, Citation : 1987 Latest Caselaw 122 SC

Headnote :

Section 14(1) of the Hindu Succession Act, 1956 provides that any property possessed by a female Hindu, whether enquired before or after the commencement of the Act shall be held by her as full owner thereof and not as a limited owner. The Explanation to the sub-section included property acquired by...

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Lachman Singh Vs. Kirpa Singh & Ors [1987] INSC 111 (14 April 1987)

Judgement Date : april/1987, Citation : 1987 Latest Caselaw 111 SC

Headnote :

Battan Singh had two wives, namely, Mahan Kaur and Khem Kaur. Mahan Kaur died during his lifetime after giving birth to two sons, Lachman Singh (petitioner) and Gurdas Singh. Gurdas Singh pre-deceased Battan Singh leaving behind his widow Gurbax Kaur and his son Amarjit Singh. Respondent No. 1, K...

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Yudhishter Vs. Ashok Kumar [1986] INSC 266 (11 December 1986)

Judgement Date : december/1986, Citation : 1986 Latest Caselaw 266 SC

Headnote :

On 11th October 1971, the respondent-landlord purchased a house in which the appellant was a tenant since 1962. He had also purchased another house in the same district on 10.7.1971 but sold away the same on 7.8.72 as it was not vacant. On 14th January, 1974, the respondent-landlord filed an evictio...

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Commissioner of Wealth Tax. Kanpur Vs. Chander Sen [1986] INSC 136 (16 July 1986)

Judgement Date : july/1986, Citation : 1986 Latest Caselaw 136 SC

Headnote :

Rangi Lal and his son Chander Sen constituted a Hindu undivided family. They had some immovable property and the family business. By a partial partition the HUF business was divided between the two and thereafter it was carried on by a partnership consisting of the two. The house property of the fam...

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Partap Singh Vs. Union of India & Ors [1985] INSC 194 (6 September 1985)

Judgement Date : september/1985, Citation : 1985 Latest Caselaw 194 SC

Headnote :

Amar Singh was the owner of certain agricultural lands. He died leaving behind him two widows by name Jagir Kaur and Har Kaur and the petitioner as his adopted son. Under an arrangement each of the two widows had been given one Third share in the Lands in Lieu of their right of maintenance. Ha...

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State of Maharashtra Vs. Narayan Rao Sham Rao Deshmukh & Ors [1985] INSC 62 (19 March 1985)

Judgement Date : march/1985, Citation : 1985 Latest Caselaw 62 SC

Headnote :

Sham Rao Bhagwant Rao Deshmukh, his son Narayan Rao Sham Rao Deshmukh, his wife Sulochanabai and his mother Gangabai alias Taibai were members of a joint Hindu Family governed by the Mitakshara School of Law. The said family owned extensive property which included agricultural lands situated in four...

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Shambhu Charan Shukla Vs. Thakur Ladli Radha Chandra Bmadan Gopalji Maharaj & ANR [1985] INSC 61 (19 March 1985)

Judgement Date : march/1985, Citation : 1985 Latest Caselaw 61 SC

Headnote :

The idol of Gopalji was installed by one Purshottam Lal in his house at Vrindavan, which later became the temple of the deity. The founder who had no issue, performed Seva Puja of the deity so long as he was alive and thereafter it was performed by his wife. By his will Ex. A-2, he dedicated his ent...

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Smt. Sarabati Devi & ANR Vs. Smt. Usha Devi [1983] INSC 194 (6 December 1983)

Judgement Date : december/1983, Citation : 1983 Latest Caselaw 194 SC

Headnote :

The appellants being mother and son of one Jagmohan Swarup who was governed by the Hindu Succession Act, 1956 and who died intestate on June 15, 1967 filed Civil Suit No. 122 of 1970 on the file of the first Additional Civil Judge, Dehradun for a declaration to the effect that they were together ent...

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Bhaiya Ramanuj Pratap Deo Vs. Lalu Maheshanuj Pratap Deo & Ors [1981] INSC 149 (26 August 1981)

Judgement Date : august/1981, Citation : 1981 Latest Caselaw 149 SC

Headnote :

Bhaiya Rudra Pratap Deo was the holder of an impartible estate, known as Nagaruntari estate, in the district of Palamau. The succession to the estate was governed by the rule of lineal primogeniture. Under the said rule the eldest male member of the eldest line was to succeed to the estate while the...

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Neelavathi & Ors Vs. M. Natarajan & Ors [1979] INSC 252 (30 November 1979)

Judgement Date : november/1979, Citation : 1979 Latest Caselaw 252 SC

Headnote :

The plaintiffs, appellants filed a suit for partition and separate possession of their individual share as per law and paid a court fee at the rates prescribed under section 37 (ii) of the Tamil Nadu Court Fees and Suit Valuation Act. There was a specific allegation that they were in joint posses...

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Sundari & Ors Vs. Laxmi & Ors [1979] INSC 159 (28 August 1979)

Judgement Date : august/1979, Citation : 1979 Latest Caselaw 159 SC

Headnote :

The parties to the litigation leading to this appeal are governed by the Aliyasantana law prevalent in the district of South Kanara. They were members of a Kutumba descended from a common ancestress by name Manjekke. One Parameshwari and her son and daughter instituted original suit No. 91 of 1950 b...

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N. Krishnammal Vs. R. Ekambaram & Ors [1979] INSC 84 (16 April 1979)

Judgement Date : april/1979, Citation : 1979 Latest Caselaw 84 SC

Headnote :

By a will the testator bequeathed certain properties to each of his three sons. With regard to his third son (NP) the testator provided in Clause 5 of the will that if he had no male issues "my heirs shall take the aforesaid properties" after his life time. NP died in 1957 without any male...

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Bai Vajia (Dead) By L.R.S. Vs. Thakorbhai Chelabhai & Ors [1979] INSC 44 (20 February 1979)

Judgement Date : february/1979, Citation : 1979 Latest Caselaw 44 SC

Headnote :

As per the decree in a partition suit dated August, 18, 1909 Motabhai and two sons of Mohanbhai being two predecessors in interest of the plaintiffs respondents were burdened with the responsibility of paying an yearly maintenance allowance of Rs. 42/- to Bai Vajia appellant on Magsher Sud 2 of ever...

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Badri Nath & ANR Vs. Mst. Punna & Ors [1979] INSC 39 (15 February 1979)

Judgement Date : february/1979, Citation : 1979 Latest Caselaw 39 SC

Headnote :

The plaintiff's (respondent's) father and the defendants (appellants) were entitled to receive a defined share in the offerings made at a holy shrine. On her father's death the plaintiff claimed his share in the offerings alleging that both under the law of inheritance and by virtue of h...

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Bhajya S/O Shyama Kanbi Vs. Gopikabai & ANR [1978] INSC 78 (4 April 1978)

Judgement Date : april/1978, Citation : 1978 Latest Caselaw 78 SC

Headnote :

The suit land which originally belonged to Ghusya, who died before the Settlement of 1918, came into the possession of his son Punjya. On Punjya death in the year 1936, the holding devolved on his widow Smt. Sarji who continued in possession of the same till her death on 6-11-1956. On the death of S...

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G. Appaswami Chettiar & ANR Vs. R. Sarangapani Chettiar & Ors [1978] INSC 71 (22 March 1978)

Judgement Date : march/1978, Citation : 1978 Latest Caselaw 71 SC

Headnote :

One G. Chettiar died leaving a daughter (defendant-1) and grand sons of sister (Appellant). In 1953 the 1st defendant adopted a son who is the second defendant. The appellant, filed the present suit challenging the adoption by the 1st defendant of the 2nd defendant and alienations of properties by 1...

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Controller of Estate Duty Madras Vs. Alladi Kuppuswamy [1977] INSC 138 (3 May 1977)

Judgement Date : may/1977, Citation : 1977 Latest Caselaw 138 SC

Headnote :

Shri Alladi was a member of the Hindu coparcenary consisting of himself his wife (Smt. Alladi) and three sons. Shri Alladi who died before the Estate Duty Act 1953 came into force, during his life time had settled certain properties absolutely on his wife and had also declared certain other prope...

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Lakshmi Chand Khajuria & Ors Vs. Smt. Ishroo Devi [1977] INSC 100 (31 March 1977)

Judgement Date : march/1977, Citation : 1977 Latest Caselaw 100 SC

Headnote :

On the strength of a Will dated 25th May 1959, executed in her favour by one Purohit Mani Ram, the respondent Smt. Ishroo Devi filed a suit for recovery of the schedule property in the plaint. It was alleged in the plaint that the appellants (A-1, son; A-2, Wife; and A-3, grand-daughter of Purohi...

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Teg Singh & Ors Vs. Charan Singh & ANR [1977] INSC 95 (23 March 1977)

Judgement Date : march/1977, Citation : 1977 Latest Caselaw 95 SC

Headnote :

S. 7 of the Punjab Customs (Power to Contest) Act, 1920 provided that no person shall contest any alienation of non-ancestral immovable property on the ground that such alienation is contrary to custom. S. 3 of the Amendment Act 12 of 1973 amended s. 7 with the .result that no challenge could be mad...

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V. Tulasamma & Ors Vs. V. Sesha Reddi [1977] INSC 90 (17 March 1977)

Judgement Date : march/1977, Citation : 1977 Latest Caselaw 90 SC

Headnote :

Section 14(1 ) of the Hindu Succession Act, 1956 provides that "any property possessed by a female Hindu, whether acquired before or after the commencement of the Act, shall be held by her as full owner thereof and not as a limited owner." According to the explanation to this sub-section t...

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Bai Nani & Ors Vs. Manilal Lallubhai & Ors [1977] INSC 43 (7 February 1977)

Judgement Date : february/1977, Citation : 1977 Latest Caselaw 43 SC

Headnote :

The respondent-plaintiffs filed a suit for partition and allotment of one half share of the suit house and the moveable properties. One Faqir Chand had 3 sons, Nathubhai, Lallubhai and Nanabhai. Nanabhai was the defendant in the suit whose legal representatives are appellants. Lallubhai's heirs...

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Smt. Kasturi Devi Vs. Deputy Director of Consolidation & Ors [1976] INSC 281 (4 November 1976)

Judgement Date : november/1976, Citation : 1976 Latest Caselaw 281 SC

Headnote :

On the demise of Karuna, there were two rival claims for inheritance to his property. One by the appellant who claimed it as his widowed mother,' and the other by his father's brother who contended that the appellant had remarried and was thereby barred from succeeding as Karuna's heir....

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Jaswant Kaur Vs. Amrit Kaur & Ors [1976] INSC 258 (25 October 1976)

Judgement Date : october/1976, Citation : 1976 Latest Caselaw 258 SC

Headnote :

S. Gobinder Singh Sibia was possessed of a large estate valued at about Rs.15 lacs at the time of his death in the year 1954. He had two wives Gulab Kaur and Dalip Kaur. Dalip Kaur predeceased him leaving a son and a grandson named Surjit. After the death of S. Gobinder Singh, Gulab Kaur filed a sui...

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Commr. of Wealth Tax, Madras & Ors Vs. R. Sridharan [1976]131 (29 April 1976)

Judgement Date : april/1976, Citation : 1976 Latest Caselaw 131 SC

Headnote :

The late R. Sridharan married Rosa Maria Steinbichler, a christian Austrian of descent, under the Special Marriage Act, 1954 and a son Nicolas Sundaram was born out of the wedlock. In the assessment proceedings i respect of income tax, wealth tax and expenditure tax, Sridharan claimed to be assessed...

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Commissioner of Wealth Tax, West Bengal Vs. Bishwanath Chatterjee & Ors [1976]107 (8 April 1976)

Judgement Date : april/1976, Citation : 1976 Latest Caselaw 107 SC

Headnote :

Rejecting the respondents' plea that as persons governed by the Dayabhaga School of Hindu Law they had held definite and determined shares in the properties inherited by them from their father and were liable to separate assessment of wealth tax, the Wealth Tax Officer assessed them as a Hindu U...

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Sheo Kuer Vs. Nathuni Prasad Singh & Ors [1975] INSC 318 (12 December 1975)

Judgement Date : december/1975, Citation : 1975 Latest Caselaw 316 SC

Headnote :

Kachnar Kuer, on whom the property of her late husband devolved, executed two registered deeds. By one of these she adopted a son to her deceased husband and by the other, a deed of Arpan-nama she created a religious endowment in the name of Shri Gopalji, appointing her mother-in-law Sheo Kuer, the...

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Daya Singh (Dead) Through L.Rs. & ANR Vs. Dhan Kaur [1974] INSC 47 (5 March 1974)

Judgement Date : march/1974, Citation : 1974 Latest Caselaw 47 SC

Headnote :

The respondent's father, W, who owned the suit property died in 1933. His widow, who succeeded to the estate, gifted the property to her daughter, the respondent. The appellants filed a suit as reversioners of W questioning the gift. The "it 'as decreed and the decree was confirmed on a...

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Shripad Gajanan Suthankar Vs. Dattaram Kashinath Suthankar & Ors [1974] INSC 43 (1 March 1974)

Judgement Date : march/1974, Citation : 1974 Latest Caselaw 43 SC

Headnote :

M had two sons-the first defendant and K. K died in 1921 leaving a widow and a daughter. In 1944 there was a partition between M and the first defendant, and, in that partition, allotment for residence and maintenance of K's widow was made. Thereafter, M gifted away his share, which he got in pa...

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Commissioner of Wealth Tax, West Bengal Vs. Champa Kumari Singhi & Ors [1972] INSC 18 (19 January 1972)

Judgement Date : january/1972, Citation : 1972 Latest Caselaw 18 SC

Headnote :

The High Court held that the assessee, a Jain undivided family was not a Hindu undivided family within the meaning of section 3 of Wealth Tax Act, 1957. According to the High Court, in order to form a Hindu undivided family its members must be Hindus; the assessee family being Jains were not Hindus...

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Inspector Assistant Commissioner of Agricultural Income Tax Vs. V.K. Ramunni Panikkar [1971] INSC 271 (5 October 1971)

Judgement Date : october/1971, Citation : 1971 Latest Caselaw 271 SC

Headnote :

Section 7(3) of the Hindu Succession Act, 1956, by a fiction deems that the Sthanam property stands divided amongst the sthani and the :members of his tarwad, a split second before the death of the sthani. The members of the tarwad took the property as co-owners and not as heirs ,of the deceased sth...

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H. H. Maharajadhiraja Madhav Rao Jiwaji Raoscindia Bahad Vs. Union of India [1970] INSC 253 (15 December 1970)

Judgement Date : december/1970, Citation : 1970 Latest Caselaw 253 SC

Headnote :

On the promulgation of the Indian Independence Act, 1947, the Princely States adjoining the Dominion of India merged with the Dominion of India. The instruments of merger provided for_the integration of the States and guaranteed to the Rulers the Privy Purse, succession according to law and custom t...

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Dindyal & ANR Vs. Rajaram [1970] INSC 94 (17 April 1970)

Judgement Date : april/1970, Citation : 1970 Latest Caselaw 94 SC

Headnote :

The defendants were the grandsons of G's brother between whom and G there had been division of Hindu undivided family property. G died in 1920 and his widow L entered into possession of his property, namely, land held in tenancy in the former Central Provinces. In 1936 L made a gift of the prope...

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Punithavalli Ammal Vs. Ramalingam (Minor) & ANR [1970] INSC 50 (4 March 1970)

Judgement Date : march/1970, Citation : 1970 Latest Caselaw 50 SC

Headnote :

A Hindu died leaving behind his widow and daughters. The properties left behind by the deceased were inherited by the widow, and they were in her possession when the Hindu Succession Act, 1956 came into force. Subsequent to the enforcement of the Act, she adopted a son and thereafter settled a part...

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Raman Nadar Viswanathan Nadar & Ors Vs. Snehappoo Rasalamma Alias Ammukutty & Ors [1969] INSC 248 (17 September 1969)

Judgement Date : september/1969, Citation : 1969 Latest Caselaw 248 SC

Headnote :

K, a Hindu had no issue, but had a brother R who had 3 daughters. K, and R jointly executed a will bequeting the assets of K to son or sons born in future to R, to the exclusion of the daughters, after the death of K and R. K died in 1947. The appellants claiming to be the sons of R by his subsequen...

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Badri Pershad Vs. Smt. Kanso Devi [1969] INSC 204 (26 August 1969)

Judgement Date : august/1969, Citation : 1969 Latest Caselaw 204 SC

Headnote :

A Hindu, owning his self-acquired properties, died in 1947 leaving five sons and a widow. In 1950, an arbitrator was appointed for dividing the assets and liabilities among the heirs. The arbitrator gave his award and a decree was passed in terms of the award. Under the award, the widow was allotted...

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Giani Ram & Ors Vs. Ramji Lal & Ors [1969] INSC 73 (11 March 1969)

Judgement Date : march/1969, Citation : 1969 Latest Caselaw 73 SC

Headnote :

J, a Hindu Jat governed by the Punjab Customary Laws, sold without legal. necessity, in 1916, a fourth share of his ancestral land to one S. Under the Punjab, Customary Laws females could not challenge a sale of ancestral property by a male owner. J's son G, in suit No. 75 of 1920 obtained a dec...

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Sawan Ram & Ors Vs. Kala Wanti & Ors [1967] INSC 119 (19 April 1967)

Judgement Date : april/1967, Citation : 1967 Latest Caselaw 119 SC

Headnote :

A widow, whose husband had died before the Hindu Succession Act came into force, adopted respondent 2 after the enforcement of the Act. On the widow's death, the appellant the nearest reversioner of her husband, filed a suit challenging the adoption. The trial court dismissed the suit, which, in...

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Mangal Singh & Ors Vs. Shrimati Rattno & ANR [1967] INSC 94 (6 April 1967)

Judgement Date : april/1967, Citation : 1967 Latest Caselaw 94 SC

Headnote :

A Hindu widow in the Punjab came into possession of her husband's land on his death in 1917. She continued in possession till 1954 when on an application made by certain collaterals of her late husband the Naib Tehsildar effected a mutation in favour of the collaterals. On the basis of the Naib...

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Basant Singh Vs. Janki Singh & Ors [1966] INSC 129 (2 August 1966)

Judgement Date : august/1966, Citation : 1966 Latest Caselaw 129 SC

Headnote :

The plaintiff tendered in evidence a plaint in an earlier suit and relied on an admission made by the defendants with regard to a fact in issue in the later suit. The High Court ruled that the plaint was not admissible in evidence on two grounds, viz., (i) the plaintiff could not rely on a state- me...

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Gowlibuddanna Vs. Commissioner of Income-Tax, Mysore, Bangalore [1966] INSC 7 (10 January 1966)

Judgement Date : january/1966, Citation : 1966 Latest Caselaw 7 SC

Headnote :

B, his wife, his two unmarried daughters and the appellant who was B's adopted son, were members of a Hindu undivided family. In respect of the income from dealings of the family, B was assessed during his life-time in the status of a manager of the Hindu undivided family. After his death for th...

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Eramma Vs. Verrupanna & Ors [1965] INSC 253 (18 November 1965)

Judgement Date : november/1965, Citation : 1965 Latest Caselaw 253 SC

Headnote :

On the death of the last male holder of the properties in dispute his two step mothers got possession of the properties. Claiming to be his nearest heirs, respondents 1 and 2 filed a suit for recovery of posses-%ion of the properties. After the High Court had, in appeal, passed a decree in their fav...

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Radha Rani Bhargava Vs. Hanuman Prasad Bhargava [1965] INSC 115 (20 April 1965)

Judgement Date : april/1965, Citation : 1965 Latest Caselaw 115 SC

Headnote :

A widow alienated her husband's estate and one of her daughters in a representative capacity on behalf of the reversioners instituted a suit impleading the alienees, the widow and her sister the appellant, as defendants, for a declaration that the alienation was null and void. The suit was decre...

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Potti Lakshmi Perumallu Vs. Potti Krishnavenamma [1964] INSC 172 (13 August 1964)

Judgement Date : august/1964, Citation : 1964 Latest Caselaw 172 SC

Headnote :

The respondent, widow of S, the brother of the appellant, filed a suit claiming half share in the entire property by virtue of the provisions of the Hindu Women's Right to Property Act. After the death of S, his only son by his first wife died at the age of 11 years. The respondent admitted that...

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Gulraj Singh Vs. Mota Singh [1964] INSC 75 (13 March 1964)

Judgement Date : march/1964, Citation : 1964 Latest Caselaw 75 SC

Headnote :

The appellants-illegitimate son and daughter of one Sardarni filed a suit to pre-empt the sale made by her of agricultural land to the respondents. Both the trial court as well as the District Court on appeal granted to the appellants a decree for pre-emption, though to a limited extent. On second a...

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S. S. Munna Lal Vs. S. S. Rajkumar & Ors [1962] INSC 70 (23 February 1962)

Judgement Date : february/1962, Citation : 1962 Latest Caselaw 70 SC

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G, a Digamber Jain of the, Porwal sect, died in 1934 leaving behind his widow Smt. K, his son G who died in 1939 and three grandsons M, P and R. In 1952 M's son S filed a suit for partition of the joint family properties. Rajkumar, claiming to be a son of P adopted by his widow, claimed a 1/4th...

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Gummalapura Taggina Matadakotturuswami Vs. Setra Veeravva & Ors [1958] INSC 139 (19 December 1958)

Judgement Date : december/1958, Citation : 1958 Latest Caselaw 139 SC

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Sub-section (1) of s. 14 Of the Hindu Succession Act, 1956, provided: " Any property possessed by a female Hindu, whether acquired before or after the commencement of this Act, shall be held by her as full owner thereof and not as a limited owner." A suit instituted by the nearest reversio...

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Kamala Devi Vs. Bachu Lal Gupta [1957] INSC 6 (29 January 1957)

Judgement Date : january/1957, Citation : 1957 Latest Caselaw 6 SC

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In fulfillment of an ante-nuptial promise made on the occasion of the settlement of the terms of marriage of her daughter, a Hindu widow, governed by the Benares School of Hindu Law, executed a registered deed of gift in respect Of 4 houses allotted to her share by a partition decree, in favour of h...

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