Supreme Court clarifies reversionary rights of grand-daughters under Hindu Law: Gopalakrishna vs. Narayanagowda (2019) Date of the Judgment: April 3, 2019 Citation: (2019) INSC 282 Judges: Ashok Bhushan, J. and K.M. Joseph, J. Can a grand-daughter claim property rights as a reversioner under Hindu Law, especially when a widow has already alienated the property? The […]
Supreme Court Clarifies Chief Mutawalli Succession in Hamdard Laboratories Case Date of the Judgment: 3 April 2019 Citation: (2019) INSC 276 Judges: Uday Umesh Lalit, J., Hemant Gupta, J. (authored the judgment) Who should manage a family-run charitable organization after the death of the previous head? The Supreme Court of India recently tackled this question
Supreme Court Clarifies Preferential Rights on Agricultural Land Under Hindu Succession Act Date of the Judgment: 7 March 2019 Citation: (2019) INSC 176 Judges: Uday Umesh Lalit, J., M.R. Shah, J. Can a person’s right to buy family property be prioritized over an outsider when the property is agricultural land? The Supreme Court of India
Supreme Court Clarifies Status of Heirs as Joint Tenants in Eviction Cases: Suresh Kumar Kohli vs. Rakesh Jain (2018) Date of the Judgment: April 19, 2018 Citation: (2018) INSC 334 Judges: R.K. Agrawal, J., Abhay Manohar Sapre, J. Can a landlord proceed with eviction against some, but not all, legal heirs of a deceased tenant?
Supreme Court clarifies daughters’ rights in ancestral property after Tamil Nadu Amendment Act, 1989: Mangammal vs T.B. Raju (2018) LEGAL ISSUE: Determining the rights of daughters in ancestral property after the Hindu Succession (Tamil Nadu Amendment) Act, 1989. CASE TYPE: Civil Law – Property Rights, Hindu Succession Case Name: Mangammal @ Thulasi and Anr. vs.
Supreme Court Grants Daughters Equal Coparcenary Rights: Danamma vs. Amar (2018) LEGAL ISSUE: Whether daughters can be denied coparcenary rights in a Hindu joint family governed by Mitakshara law solely because they were born before the enactment of the Hindu Succession Act, 1956, and whether the 2005 amendment grants daughters coparcenary rights by birth, equal
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Supreme Court Upholds Will of 1980, Declares Compromise Decree Non-Binding: H.V. Nirmala vs R. Sharmila (2018) LEGAL ISSUE: Validity of a registered will and its precedence over a subsequent compromise decree. CASE TYPE: Civil – Property Dispute. Case Name: H.V. Nirmala & Anr. vs R. Sharmila & Anr. Judgment Date: 25 January 2018 Date of
LEGAL ISSUE: Whether a Collector has the jurisdiction to decide on the vesting of property in the government under Section 29 of the Hindu Succession Act, 1956, when a dispute of title exists. CASE TYPE: Civil Law – Property Dispute, Hindu Succession Act. Case Name: Kutchi Lal Rameshwar Ashram Trust Evam Anna Kshetra Trust Thr.
LEGAL ISSUE: Whether a claimant can inherit property based on being a ‘guru bhai’ of a deceased sanyasi, and whether the state can claim property by escheat. CASE TYPE: Civil Law – Property Dispute Case Name: Mahant Ramanand vs. State of Uttarakhand and Ors. Judgment Date: 22 September 2017 Date of the Judgment: 22 September
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Introduction Date of the Judgment: 19th February 2008 Citation: Appeal (civil) 912 of 1999 Judges: Tarun Chatterjee, J. and A.K. Mathur, J. When a person who has mortgaged their property wants to get it back, can they be stopped because not all family members of the person who lent the money are involved in the
