Supreme Court · 2002 INSC 43 · Decided 23 January 2002
Mauleshwar Mani and ORS. v. Jagdish Prasad and ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2002 INSC 43 · [2002] 1 S.C.R. 423
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 1961/1982
- Decided
- 23 January 2002
- Bench
- V.N. KHARE, ASHOK BHAN (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Hindu Succession Act; Succession Act
Headnote
B Hindu Succession Act, 1956 : Will-Execution of-Rule of construction-it has to be read in its "' entirely-No part of it is excluded or made redundant-Court to reconcile any c inconsistency in it-Absolute estate-Conferment o,f-Where testator has given the property to devisee with a right of persons in ,,.. 'the same Will. D U.P. Zamindari Abolition and Land Reforms Act 1950---Ss. 169, 172 and 174-Law does not permit a Bhumidhar to create successive legatees ,,._ under a Will-He can bequeaJh his property to any one but he cannot create ji1rther succession contrary to the provision of
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