Supreme Court · 2021 INSC 766 · Decided 22 November 2021

Shri Shivaji Education Society, Amravati Through Its President v. Omprakash S/O Dinkar Deshmukh & ORS.

Court
Supreme Court of India
Citation
2021 INSC 766 · [2021] 7 S.C.R. 1117
Case number
CIVIL APPEAL No. 6981/2021
Decided
22 November 2021
Bench
HEMANT GUPTA, V. RAMASUBRAMANIAN (2-judge bench)
Outcome
Appeal(s) allowed
Case type
Civil
Acts & sections cited
CPC Section 108; Hindu Succession Act Section 14; Succession Act Section 14

Headnote

Wills - Bequest made under the Will - Nature of - Testator executed Will (in respect of property) in favour of his wife (plaintiff no.1) who in turn gifted the property in question to appellant (plaintiff no. 2) - Contention of defendants that the by plaintiff no.1 was null and void in view of a limited life estate conferred upon her under the Will - Held: While the trial Court took the view that under the Will, the testator's wife was given only a limited right of enjoyment for life, the First Appellate Court held that what

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