Supreme Court · 1995 INSC 542 · Decided 7 September 1995
Mangat Mal (Dead) and Another v. SMT. Punni Devi (Dead) and Others
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1995 INSC 542 · [1995] SUPP. 3 S.C.R. 369
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 1304/1972
- Decided
- 7 September 1995
- Bench
- S.P. BHARUCHA, S.B. MAJMUDAR (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Hindu Succession Act Section 14(1), 14; Succession Act Section 14(1)
Headnote
AND ANOTHER v. SMT. PUNNI DEVI (DEAD) AND OTHERS SEPTEMBER 7, 1995 [S.P. BHARUCHA, S.B. MAJMUDAR, JJ.) Hindu Succession Act 1956-Section 14(1)-Rights of a Female Hindu-' Maintenance'-Meaning of-Whether or not the maintenance given to a fem ale Hindu would necessarily encompass a provision for right-Can such claim be equated with a right of ownership. Section 14 of the Hindu Succession Act-Scope of. Object of legislature-To wipe out the disabilities suffered by a Hindu woman, under the old Shastric Law, in regard to ownership of property-To recognise her status as an independent
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