Supreme Court · 1995 INSC 823 · Decided 1 December 1995
DR. Mahesh Chand Sharma v. SMT. Raj Kumari Sharma and Others
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1995 INSC 823 · [1995] SUPP. 6 S.C.R. 41
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 547/1991
- Decided
- 1 December 1995
- Bench
- B.P. JEEVAN REDDY, S.B. MAJMUDAR (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Case Partly allowed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Constitution; Limitation Act; Hindu Succession Act Section 14(1); Succession Act Section 119, 121, 14(1), 111
Headnote
B Indian Succession Act, 1925-Section 119-Applicability-Date of vest- ing of legacy-Property bequeathed by the testator to his wife for life and after her death to his legal heirs-On the date of testator's death son was the only legal heii--Held, legacy becomes vested in the son on the death of individual"-Meaning of-Cannot refer to or mean the testator. Indian Succession Act, 1925-Section 121>-Applicability-Applies only in case of happening of a specified uncertain event-Death is not an uncertain D event. Transfer of Prope1ty Act, 1882-Section ~"Transfer''-Meaning
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