Supreme Court · 1965 INSC 255 · Decided 18 November 1965
Eramma v. Verrupanna & ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1965 INSC 255 · [1966] 2 S.C.R. 626
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 742/1965
- Decided
- 18 November 1965
- Bench
- P.B. GAJENDRAGADKAR, M. HIDAYATULLAH, V. RAMASWAMI (3-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Hindu Succession Act Section 8; Succession Act
Headnote
Hindu Succession Act (30 of 1956), ss, 8 and 14(1)-1/ s. 8 retrospecti"ve-Scope of s. 14(1)-Possession by female as trespasser­ !/ title conferred. On the death of the last male holder of the properties in d'spute his C two step mothers got possession of the properties. Claiming to be his properties. After the High Court had, in appeal, passed a decree in their favour, the Hindu Succession Act, 1956, came into force, and when respondents I and 2 sought the execution of the decree in their favour, the appellant (who was one of the step mothers) filed objections, on the ground that
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