Supreme Court · 1969 INSC 191 · Decided 20 August 1969
Sitabai & ANR. v. Ram Chandra
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1969 INSC 191 · [1970] 2 S.C.R. 1
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 856/1966
- Decided
- 20 August 1969
- Bench
- J.C. SHAH, V. RAMASWAMI, A.N. GROVER (3-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Civil
Headnote
c D E F G H Hindu Law-Join·! faniily properties in the hands of sole sutl'Il'tng coparcener-lf properties lose their character of joint ja1nily propert}'. Hindu Adoption and Maintenance Act (78 of 1956) ss. 11 to 14- Adoption by widow-Deceased husband, if dee1ned to be father. Madhya Bharat of ordinary te11ant, if heritable-Heritability gvvern~ ed by personal law. "fwo brothers \Vere i~ possession of ancestral properties consisting of a house and tenancy rights of an ordinary tenant in agricultural lands. The elder brother died in 1930 leaving a widow, the first appellant. Tho
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