Supreme Court · 2008 INSC 665 · Decided 14 May 2008
Shyamal Kanti Guha (D) Through LRS & ORS. v. Meena Bose
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2008 INSC 665 · [2008] 8 S.C.R. 639
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 3571/2008
- Decided
- 14 May 2008
- Bench
- S.B. SINHA, LOKESHWAR SINGH PANTA (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Case Partly allowed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Succession Act
Headnote
Will: .... Interpretation of - Suit for partition filed by sister of the testator for declaration of title in respect of 50% of the property c in question and for partition - Construing the Will particularly clauses (10) and (11) thereof, Courts below held that bequeath in favour of was absolute and . thus the suit should be decreed - On appeal, held: The testa- tor was of the opinion that the life interest should only be ere- D ated in favour of his sister-respondent - This, however, would not mean that the suit for partition was not maintainable - A suit for partition
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