Supreme Court · 1995 INSC 722 · Decided 13 November 1995
Nazar Singh and ORS. v. Jagjit Kaur and ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1995 INSC 722 · [1995] SUPP. 5 S.C.R. 162
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 10339/1995
- Decided
- 13 November 1995
- Bench
- B.P. JEEVAN REDDY, S.B. MAJMUDAR (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- CrPC Section 488; Hindu Succession Act Section 14; Succession Act Section 14
Headnote
Hindu Succession Act, 1956: Section 14. Female Hindu-Right to hold prope1ty-Absolute ownership-Husband C and wife-Compromise deed /Jetween--Reshictive covenants-Grant of land to wife in lieu of maintenance after commencement of the Act-Held wife became absolute owner notwithstanding restrictive are acquired in lieu of maintenance. D H got possession of 94 kanals and 19 marlas of land from her E F husband G in lieu of maintenance under a compromise deed dated Decem· ber 3, 1963 which contained several restrictive covenants. Subsequent to the death of her husband she sold 70
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