Supreme Court · 1987 INSC 107 · Decided 14 April 1987
Lachman Singh v. Kirpa Singh & Others
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1987 INSC 107 · [1987] 2 S.C.R. 933
- Case number
- SPECIAL LEAVE PETITION (CIVIL) No. 2730/1987
- Decided
- 14 April 1987
- Bench
- E.S. VENKATARAMIAH, K.N. SINGH (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Hindu Succession Act Section 15(1); Succession Act
Headnote
B Hindu Succession Act, 195~ss. 3(j) & 15(1)-Hindu female- Dying intestate-Whether her 'step-son' entitled to claim share in her property simultaneously with her 'son'. Words & Phrases- c 'Son-,-' Step-son' -Meaning of. Battan Singh had two wives, namely, Mahan Kaur and Khem Kaur. Mahan Singh (petitioner) and Gurdas Singh. Gurdas Singh D pre-deceased Battan Singh leaving behind his widow Gurbax Kaur and his son Amarjit Singh. Respondent No. 1, Kirpa Singh is the son of the Battan Singh and Khem Kaur. Battan Singh died intestate after the Hindu Succession Act, 1956 came into
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