Supreme Court · 1995 INSC 173 · Decided 7 March 1995
Shiv Das and ORS. v. SMT. Devki (Dead) BY LRS. and ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1995 INSC 173 · [1995] 2 S.C.R. 589
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 606/1978
- Decided
- 7 March 1995
- Bench
- K. RAMASWAMY, B.L. HANSARIA (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Disposed off
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Hindu Succession Act Section 14; Succession Act
Headnote
AND ORS. A v. SMT. DEVKI (DEAD) BY LRS. AND ORS. MARCH 7, 1995 [K. RAMASWAMY AND B.L. HANSARIA, JJ.) B Hindu Law-Succession. Mother succeeding to the estate of son-<Jifting the properties to son of daughter i.e. grandson-Suit filed by other daughter challenging the gift and C subsequent his mother R inherited certain properties which she later gifted/bequeathed to her grandson and son of one of her two daughters. D The collaterals challenged the gift. The High Court held that the grand son had a preferential claim over the collaterals and upheld the validity of the gift deed.
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