Supreme Court holds that succession to a woman Bhumidhar’s agricultural holding under Section 51(2) of the Delhi Land Reforms Act is governed by the personal law applicable at her death, and that Section 14(1) of the Hindu Succession Act enlarges her limited estate into absolute ownership.
Read Full ArticleSupreme Court’s key rulings this week cover CEC appointment law, Section 197 CrPC, POCSO safeguards, Article 311, life imprisonment, Companies Act, arbitration, Hindu property rights, gratuity and bribery.
Supreme Court restores dismissal of partition suit, holding that the plaintiffs failed to prove that the Karta’s sale of ancestral property lacked legal necessity and relied on unsubstantiated allegations.
Supreme Court holds that a Hindu widow’s limited interest under Section 3(2) of the 1937 Act ripened into absolute ownership under Section 14(1) of the Hindu Succession Act, allowing her to bequeath the property by will.
MP High Court held children cannot restrain aged parents from enjoying or alienating property without a strong prima facie case.
Delhi HC freezes Sunjay Kapur’s estate, restrains Priya Kapur amid will dispute, grants interim relief to children and orders asset preservation.
Grandchildren have no automatic right to grandparents’ property if parents are alive: Delhi HC clears misconception
The Supreme Court urges the CJI to set up a larger bench to resolve conflicting interpretations of Hindu female property rights under Section 14 of the Hindu Succession Act.
SC: Hindu Women’s maintenance rights rooted in Shastric law, property given in lieu transforms into absolute ownership under Section 14(1) of HSA, 1956.
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