Supreme Court · 2000 INSC 567 · Decided 1 December 2000
Chiranjilal Srilal Goenka (Dead) BY LRS. v. Jasjit Singh and ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2000 INSC 567 · [2000] SUPP. 5 S.C.R. 313
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 723/1973
- Decided
- 1 December 2000
- Bench
- M. JAGANNADHA RAO, M.B. SHAH (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Set Aside
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Arbitration Act Section 30, 33; Registration Act Section 17
Headnote
Hindu Law: A B Hindu Adoption and Maintenance Act, 1956- Sedions 12 and 13 ·­ Right of disposal of property by the adoptive father by will- 'Agreement to C the contrary '-Meaning of -Letter written by father of the adopted child to the adoptive father- Letter making adoptive son sole their lifetime- Held, it is not an agreement to the contrary. Registration Act, 1908-Section 17 Compulsory registration - D Adoption of child-Agreement restraining the adoptive father from disposing of the property by will-Held, agreement is compulsorily registrable. The appellant had filed a Writ
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