Supreme Court · 1998 INSC 173 · Decided 3 April 1998
Seethalakshmi Ammal v. Muthuvenkatarama Iyengar and ANR.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1998 INSC 173 · [1998] 2 S.C.R. 673
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 1944/1998
- Decided
- 3 April 1998
- Bench
- SUJATA V. MANOHAR, D.P. WADHWA (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Case Allowed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Hindu Succession Act Section 15; Succession Act Section 15
Headnote
B Hindu Succession Act, 1956: Section 15. Succession-Hindu female-Dying intestate-Rule of succession-Heirs of husband-Determination of-G, a Hindu female dying intestate-Her c husband and son predeceased-Properties left by her-Suit filed for declaration of ownership by her daugther-in-law-High husband of G died her son was alive-Therefore daugther-in-law cannot be called the window of a pre-deceased son-Appeal before Supreme Court- D Held the finding of the High Court proceeded on a misconception of the provisions of the Hindu Suceession Act-It was not right in coming to the
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