Supreme Court · 1979 INSC 43 · Decided 20 February 1979
Bai Vajia (Dead) BY L. RS . v. Thakorbhai Chelabhai and ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1979 INSC 43 · [1979] 3 S.C.R. 291
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 2434/1977
- Decided
- 20 February 1979
- Bench
- P.S. KAILASAM, D.A. DESAI, A.D. KOSHAL (3-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Hindu Succession Act Section 14(1), 14; Succession Act Section 14(1)
Headnote
Hindu Succession Act, 1956, Section 14(1) and (2), Scope of-Interpreta­ ) -Oon of Statute-Legislature does not e111ploy n1eaningles~ language . . -~ c -, .. As per the decree in a partition suit dated August, 18, 1909 Motabbai an.:t two sons of Mohanbhai being two predecessors in interest of of paying an yearly mainte­ nance allowance of Rs. 42/- to Btai Vajia appellant on Magsher Sud 2 of every year. The decree further provided that in the event of default in payment of 'SUCh allowance continuing for a period of a month after the due date, Bai D Vajia_ would be
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