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Supreme Court Allows Appeal in Partition Suit Based on Daughter's Inheritance Rights Under Pre-1956 Hindu Law. Property Deemed Self-Acquired, Daughter Inherits by Succession, Not Survivorship, Under Mitakshara Principles, Leading to Partition Decree for Appellants.

The dispute arose from a partition suit filed by Thangammal, claiming a 1/5th share in properties originally owned by Marappa Gounder. The suit was di...

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Supreme Court Upholds Impartible Estate Status of Nazul Property in Former Ruler's Succession Dispute. Perpetual Leasehold Rights Held as Part of Impartible Estate Governed by Primogeniture, Not Coparcenary Property.

The Supreme Court of India heard civil appeals arising from a common judgment of the Allahabad High Court concerning the nature of perpetual leasehold...

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Supreme Court Dismisses Appeals in Partition Suit, Upholding High Court's Decree on Property Shares and Invalidating Compromise. Legal Heirs' Dispute Over Ancestral and Self-Acquired Properties Resolved with Shares Determined Under Hindu Law, and Compromise Set Aside Under Code of Civil Procedure, 1908.

The litigation originated from a partition suit filed by Charulata Sahoo (plaintiff) against her brother Prafulla Sahoo (defendant No. 1) and sister S...

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Bombay High Court Dismisses Appeal in Property Dispute Between Siblings. Conversion to Islam Does Not Disqualify Daughter from Inheriting Hindu Father's Intestate Property Under Hindu Succession Act, 1956.

The case involves an appeal from an order in a suit filed by the respondent/plaintiff, Nazneen Khalid Qureshi, against her brother, the appellant/defe...

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Supreme Court Upholds Right of Pre-Adoption Sons to Inherit from Adopted Father in Hindu Succession Case. Sons born before adoption remain heirs of their natural father and are entitled to inherit his estate under Section 8 of the Hindu Succession Act, 1956.

The present appeals arose from a dispute over the inheritance of property left by Laxman, who was given in adoption to Saraswati on 2 November 1935. A...

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Bombay High Court Dismisses Review Petition in Administration Suit Involving Will of Muslim Deceased Married Under Special Marriage Act. Court Holds That Marriage Registration Under Special Marriage Act Attracts Indian Succession Act, Removing Muslim Personal Law Restrictions on Testamentary Disposition.

The plaintiffs filed a Review Petition No. 41 of 2010 seeking review of an order dated 14th October 2010 passed in Notice of Motion No. 2974 of 2008 i...

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Supreme Court Upholds Preferential Right of Heir Under Section 22 of Hindu Succession Act in Agricultural Land Dispute. Section 22 Applies to Agricultural Land as Succession is a Concurrent Subject and Section 4(2) Omission Confirms Uniform Application.

The appeal arose from a dispute between two brothers, Santokh Singh and Nathu Ram, who inherited agricultural land from their father. An arrangement f...

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Bombay High Court Dismisses Widow's Partition Suit Due to Remarriage Before Hindu Succession Act, 1956 — Section 14 Benefit Not Available to Widow Who Remarried Prior to Act's Commencement

The case involves a second appeal filed by the heirs of the original plaintiff, Sitabai Narhari Rakshe, against the dismissal of her suit for partitio...