Supreme Court · 1971 INSC 92 · Decided 24 March 1971
Shambhu Prasad Singh v. MST. Phool Kumari & ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1971 INSC 92 · [1971] SUPP. 1 S.C.R. 181
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 1655/1966
- Decided
- 24 March 1971
- Bench
- J.M. SHELAT, VISHISHTHA BHARGAVA, I.D. DUA (3-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Civil
Headnote
SINGH v. MST. PHOOL KUMARI & ORS. March .24, 1971 [J. M. SHELAT, I. D. DUA AND V. BHARGAVA, JJ.) Hindu Law-Family arrangeme11t-Principles for deciding wh<'lher a doc111nent is jan1ily arrange111ent. Adverse possession-When established. Raj Kun1ar, the common ancestor of the parties had four the land on which the house in dispute stood from his own funds but in the name of his brother Lalji Singh. Nankhu was taken in adoption by Ramji Singh. Shortly thereafter, in 1915, a document .Ex. l was executed between Raj Kumar's descendants. In it the claim of Nankhu to a half share
Judgments are the courts' own published copies, provided for study; they are not certified copies. Source: Indian Supreme Court & High Court Judgments, Dattam Labs (CC-BY-4.0)