Supreme Court · 1987 INSC 311 · Decided 3 November 1987
Maharaja Pillai Lakshmi Ammal v. Maharaja Pillai Thillanayakom Pillai and Another
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1987 INSC 311 · [1988] 1 S.C.R. 780
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 266/1974
- Decided
- 3 November 1987
- Bench
- B.C. RAY, K. JAGANNATHA SHETTY (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Hindu Succession Act Section 14(1), 14(2); Succession Act
Headnote
Hindu Succession Act, 1956--Right of widow to property-­ Whether absolute right under section 14( 1) or restricted right under section 14(2) of the Act. c Under.a family partition deed (Ex. D 1), the properties under 'A' \ schedule were allotted to Maharaja Pillai, and after his death, his from the properties. One of the sons of Maharaja Pillai filed a suit claiming his right to D l/3rd share in the properties above-said. The trial court held that the widow got absolute right over the properties in dispute under section 14(1) of the Hindu Succession Act. On appeal, the appellate
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