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Bombay High Court Grants Letters of Administration for Unattested Will of Sunni Muslim Testator — Section 63 of Indian Succession Act, 1925 Not Applicable to Muslims; Hanafi Law Does Not Require Attestation

The case concerns an uncontested petition for Letters of Administration with Will annexed filed in 1990, which remained pending for 31 years. The test...

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High Court of Karnataka Dismisses Son's Appeal in Partition Suit — Upholds Daughter's Enhanced Share Under Muslim Law. Son's claim for half share rejected; daughter granted 2/9th share as daughter and 1/3rd share as widow of predeceased son under Muslim Personal Law.

The plaintiff, Mohammed Ashraf, filed a suit for partition and separate possession of an immovable property bearing CTS No. 340 in Belgaum, claiming t...

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Bombay High Court Construes Will Provisions Under Indian Succession Act to Determine Nature of Bequests. The Court Examined Whether Bequests to Daughter Were Absolute or Held in Trust for Minor Granddaughter Until Majority.

This group of five appeals before the Bombay High Court concerned the construction of the last will and testament of one Pilloo M. Ghaswala. The testa...

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High Court of Karnataka Condones Delay in Cross-Objection in Partition Suit Involving Muslim Law. Court Determines that 89-Year-Old Defendant Suffering from Old Age Ailments and Lacking Family Support Constituted Sufficient Grounds to Condone 614-Day Delay in Filing Cross-Objection.

The dispute concerned a suit for partition filed by the appellants (plaintiffs), who are the brothers and sister of the deceased Shahnaz Begum, agains...

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Bombay High Court Considers Administrator’s Report for Recovery of Diverted Estate Assets in Testamentary Suit. Court Appointed Administrator Seeks Directions Against Defendant for Unauthorized Diversion of Deceased’s Funds to Various Entities.

The matter concerned the administration of the estate of Purvez Burjor Dalal, who died in Mumbai on 7 December 2011. A testamentary suit was institute...

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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...