Supreme Court · 1996 INSC 537 · Decided 17 April 1996
Narashimaha Murthy v. SMT. Susheelabai & ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1996 INSC 537 · [1996] SUPP. 1 S.C.R. 414
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 2592/1996
- Decided
- 17 April 1996
- Bench
- KULDIP SINGH, M.M. PUNCHHI, K. RAMASWAMY (3-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Hindu Succession Act Section 23; Succession Act Section 23
Headnote
Hindu Succession Act, 1956: Section 23 and proviso. Dwelling house of Hindu dying intestate-Pmtition of-Female heir's C light to claim-Held : to be defe17'ed or kept in abeyance dwing lifetime of even a sole surviving male heir of deceased-Until he chose to separate his share or ceased to occupy from any disabilities >pecified in proviso would be entitled to reside as well as re-enter in dwelling house-Word 'daughter' included daughter or predeceased son, daughter of predeceased son D of predeceased son and daughter of predeceased daughter. Dwelling house-Did not include tenanted
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