Supreme Court · 2019 INSC 335 · Decided 7 March 2019
Babu Ram v. Santokh Singh (Deceased) Through His LRS and Others
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2019 INSC 335 · [2019] 2 S.C.R. 926
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 2553/2019
- Decided
- 7 March 2019
- Bench
- UDAY UMESH LALIT, M.R. SHAH (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Constitution Article 254; Hindu Succession Act Section 22; Succession Act Section 22
Headnote
Hindu Succession Act, 1956: s. 22 - Preferential right to acquire property in certain cases - Applicability of s. 22 to agricultural land - Held: Preferential right given to an heir of a Hindu u/s. 22 is applicable even land - However, s. 22 is not applicable in cases of devolution of tenancy rights with respect to agricultural holdings. Dismissing the appeal, the Court HELD: 1.1 In the instant case it is nobody's case that the matter relating to succession to an interest in agricultural
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