Supreme Court · 1979 INSC 39 · Decided 15 February 1979
Badri Nath & ANR. v. MST. Punna (Dead) BY LRS & ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1979 INSC 39 · [1979] 3 S.C.R. 209
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 1118/1972
- Decided
- 15 February 1979
- Bench
- V.R. KRISHNA IYER, D.A. DESAI, A.D. KOSHAL (3-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Hindu Succession Act Section 4, 6; Succession Act Section 4
Headnote
Hindu Succession Act, 1956-S. 4-Scope of-Share of a baridar (turn­ hulder) ill the ofJerings of a temple-If a heritage right nature of office of baridar-C11ston1 that offerings should go to specified sub-castes-if valid . The plaintiff's (respondent's) father and the defendants (appellants) the offerings made at a holy shrine. OB her father's death the plaintiff claimed his share in the offering~ alleging that both under the law of inheritance and by virtue of her father's wt11 executed in her favour, she was entitled to his share; but the defendants interfered with her right to
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