Supreme Court Allows Widow and Adopted Son's Appeal in Joint Family Property Suit, Holding Joint Family Character Persists with Sole Surviving Coparcener and Widow. Adoption by Widow Under Hindu Adoptions and Maintenance Act, 1956 Deems Adopted Child as Son of Deceased Husband, Conferring Coparcenary Rights and Entitlement to Tenancy Rights Under Madhya Bharat Land Revenue Act.
20 Aug 1969The dispute concerned ancestral joint family properties comprising agricultural land and a house held by two brothers, Dulichand and Bhagirath. Bhagir...
