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.
Read Full ArticleSupreme 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.
SC: ‘Karta’ of Hindu Undivided Family can sell joint family property for legal necessity, ruling depends on facts of each case.
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