Supreme Court · 1987 INSC 272 · Decided 6 October 1987
Gopal Singh & ANR. v. Dile Ram (Dead) BY LRS. & ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1987 INSC 272 · [1988] 1 S.C.R. 378
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 1686/1978
- Decided
- 6 October 1987
- Bench
- SABYASACHI MUKHERJI, G.L. OZA (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Hindu Succession Act Section 14; Succession Act Section 14
Headnote
Hindu Succession Act, 1956: s.14--Properties inherited by wife y from husband in 1942-Limited ownership upto 1956-Thereafter absolute estate-Whether competent to transfer the properties by will- .... Gift of property by widow having life interest declared ineffective- c Effect of. -{-The widow. Prior to 1943 she executed a deed of gift in favour of the father of the appellants of certain properties in which she had life interest. Decreeing the suit filed by the respondent/plaintiffs the D trial court made a declaration that the gift of the land in favour of the
Judgments are the courts' own published copies, provided for study; they are not certified copies. Source: Indian Supreme Court & High Court Judgments, Dattam Labs (CC-BY-4.0)