Supreme Court · 1981 INSC 151 · Decided 26 August 1981
Bhaiya Ramanuj Pratap Deo v. Lalu Maheshanuj Pratap Deo & ORS. and Vice-Versa
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1981 INSC 151 · [1982] 1 S.C.R. 417
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 209/1970
- Decided
- 26 August 1981
- Bench
- D.A. DESAI, A.D. KOSHAL, R.B. MISRA (3-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Disposed off
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Registration Act Section 17, 49; Hindu Succession Act Section 4, 6, 5(ii); Succession Act Section 4, 6
Headnote
Hindu Succession Act, 1956, sections 4 and 6, scope of-Whether the provi­ sions of section 6 overrides the customary Rule of primogeniture-Bihar Land Re­ forms Act, section 6, applicability of-Chota Nagpur Encumbered Estates Act, 1876, section 12A., conditions to be fu/filled-lfldian documents of. A 8 c Bhaiya Rudra Pratap Deo was the holder of an impartible estate, known as NaSaruntari estate, in the district of Palamau. The succession to the estate was D governed by the rule of lineal primogeniture. Under the said rule the eldest male member of the eldest line was
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