Supreme Court · 1978 INSC 75 · Decided 4 April 1978
Bhajya S/0 Shyama Kanbi v. Gopikabai and ANR. ETC.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1978 INSC 75 · [1978] 3 S.C.R. 561
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 2415/1968
- Decided
- 4 April 1978
- Bench
- R.S. SARKARIA, N.L. UNTWALIA, P.S. KAILASAM (3-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Constitution Article 254(2); Hindu Succession Act Section 4(2), 8, 15(2)(b); Land Revenue Code; Succession Act
Headnote
Madhya Pradesh Land Revenue Code, (Code II of 1955), 1954 Section 151 rfw S. 4(2) of Hindu Succession Act (Act 30), 1956-Interpretation of the words 'subject to his personal law' in Section 151, which provides "subject to his personal law, the interest of a tenure holder shall, on his death, as the case may be"--Whether referable to Hindu Succession Act, 1956-Legislation by referential incorporation-Cate­ gories of such legislation-"Personal law" includes Hindu Succession Act­ Hindu Succes~ion Act, 1956, Sections 8, 15 & 16. The suit land which
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