Succession

Supreme Court Upholds Delhi Land Reforms Act Succession Rules: Har Naraini Devi vs. Union of India (20 September 2022)

/ Constitutional Law, Constitutional Law with Article 14, Constitutional Law with Article 31B, Delhi Land Reforms Act, 1954, Delhi Land Reforms Act, 1954 with Section 50, Fundamental Rights, Hemant Gupta, Hindu Succession Act, 1956, Hindu Succession Act, 1956 with Section 4(2), Judges, Succession, Succession of Land, Vikram Nath

Supreme Court Upholds Delhi Land Reforms Act Succession Rules: Har Naraini Devi vs. Union of India (2022) LEGAL ISSUE: Whether Section 50(a) of the Delhi Land Reforms Act, 1954, which prioritizes male lineal descendants in matters of succession to agricultural land, is unconstitutional. CASE TYPE: Civil Law, Land Reform, Succession. Case Name: Har Naraini Devi […]

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Supreme Court Upholds Will of 1980, Declares Compromise Decree Non-Binding: H.V. Nirmala vs R. Sharmila (2018)

/ Abhay Manohar Sapre, Compromise Decree, Evidence Act, 1872, Evidence Act, 1872 with Section 68, Judges, Property Law, R.K. Agrawal, Succession, Wills

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

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Supreme Court Upholds Escheat of Property: Ramanand vs. State of Uttarakhand (2017)

/ D Y Chandrachud, Escheat, Indian Penal Code, 1860, Indian Penal Code, 1860 with Section 302, Judges, N V Ramana, Property Law, Succession

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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