Supreme Court · 1996 INSC 1406 · Decided 28 November 1996
Bhoomireddy Chenna Reddy and ANR. v. Bhoospalli Pedda Verrappa (Dead) BY LRS. and ANR.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1996 INSC 1406 · [1996] SUPP. 9 S.C.R. 332
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 566/1981
- Decided
- 28 November 1996
- Bench
- K. RAMASWAMY, G.T. NANAVATI (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Specific Relief Act Section 34; Hindu Succession Act; Succession Act
Headnote
Hindu Succession Act, 1956: Sectio11 14( 1). Husba11d bequeathed prope1ties to his wife u11der a Will in 1947-Right C grantM to wife to enjoy prope1ties for life-time-Held, after 1956 Act came into force, she became absolute owner as her limited right of enjoying the prope1ties dwing her lifetime estate u11der sectio11 14( 1) of the Act-Her limited right e11larged i11to absolute right-She became an absolute owner of property. D C. Masilama11i Mudaliar & Ors. v. Idol of Shli Swaminathanswami 171i1ttkoil & Anr., (1996] 8 SCC 525, relied on. Specific Relief Act, 1963 : Section
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