Supreme Court · 1985 INSC 63 · Decided 19 March 1985
Shambhu Charan Shukla v. Thakur Ladli Radha Chandra Madan Gopalji Maharaj & Anr
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1985 INSC 63 · [1985] 3 S.C.R. 372
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 1372/1979
- Decided
- 19 March 1985
- Bench
- A. VARADARAJAN, SABYASACHI MUKHERJI (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Hindu Succession Act Section 14(1); Succession Act
Headnote
Hindu Law: .. ~· " Religious endowment - Founder by will making his wife shebait - No disposition in will regarding the shebaiti right - On death of founder widow succeeding to the shebaiti right - Whether widow could transfer the shebaiti right by her will. Hindu Succeession Act 1956 to - Limited right of Hindu female whether enlarged to the absolute right of the holder. The idol of Gopalji was installed by one Purshottam Lal in his house at Vrindavan, which later became the temple of the deity. The founder who had no issue, performed seva Puja of the deity so 1ong as he was
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