Supreme Court · 1974 INSC 47 · Decided 5 March 1974
Daya Singh (Dead) Through L.RS. & ANR. v. Dhan Kaur
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1974 INSC 47 · [1974] 3 S.C.R. 528
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 1825/1967
- Decided
- 5 March 1974
- Bench
- KUTTYIL KURIEN MATHEW, A. ALAGIRISWAMI (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Hindu Succession Act Section 8, 14, 6; Succession Act
Headnote
(dead) THROUGH L.RS. & ANR. v. DHAN KAUR March 5, 1974 [K. K. MATHEW AND A. ALAGIR!SWAMI, JJ,J A Hbu!u Succession. Act, 1956, sec. 8--Whether effects change in old Hindu Law- B Death of female limited owner who succeeds last male holder-Customary Law of Punjab whether app/icable-Held, who succeeded to the estate, gifted-the property to her daughter, the res. pondent. The appellants :filed a suit as reversioners of·W questioning the gift. The suit was decreed and the decree was confirmed on appeal After coming into force C of tho Hindu Succession Act on 17-6-.1956,
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