NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court has requested the Chief Justice of India to set up an appropriate bench to deal with varying and sometimes inconsistent view in previous precedents on proprietary interests of a Hindu female as per Section 14 of the Hindu Succession Act, 1956.
A bench of Justices P S Narasimha and Sandeep Mehta said there must be clarity and certainty in the interpretation of Section 14 of the Act as there are a large number of decisions which are not only inconsistent with one another on principle but have tried to negotiate a contrary view by distinguishing them on facts or by simply ignoring the binding decision.
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