Supreme Court · 2017 INSC 901 · Decided 13 September 2017
Atma Singh v. Gurmej Kaur (D) & ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2017 INSC 901 · [2017] 8 S.C.R. 904
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 11094/2017
- Decided
- 13 September 2017
- Bench
- A.K. SIKRI, ASHOK BHUSHAN (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Hindu Succession Act Section 8; Succession Act Section 8
Headnote
8 S.C.R. 904 ATMA SINGH v. GURMEJ KAUR (D) & ORS. (Civil Appeal No. 11094 of 2017) SEPTEMBER 13,2107 [A.K. SIKRI AND ASHOK BHUSHAN, JJ.) Hindu Succession Act, 1956: s.8 - Intestate succession - By the mother - To the estate of C her deceased son born out of her first marriage - of Hindu Widows Re­ marriage Act, 1856 - s.4 of 1956 Act also gives an overriding effect D to the 1956 Act - Hence s.2 would not disentitle the mother (on account of her re-marriage) to inherit the estate of her son - Hindu Widows Re-marriage Act, 1856 - s.2 Dismissing the appeal, the Court
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