Supreme Court · 1994 INSC 66 · Decided 11 February 1994
SMT. Gumpha and ORS. v. Jaibal
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1994 INSC 66 · [1994] 1 S.C.R. 901
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 1361/1986
- Decided
- 11 February 1994
- Bench
- KULDIP SINGH, R.M. SAHAI (2-judge bench)
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Hindu Succession Act Section 14(2), 3, 14(1), 14, 30; Succession Act Section 14(2), 3
Headnote
AND ORS. v. JAIBAL FEBRUARY 11, 1994 (KULDIP SINGH AND R.M. SAHAI, JJ.J Hindu Succession Act, 1956: Sections 14(2), 3(}-Testamentary Succes­ sion-Wilf-Testator creating life estate in favour of his wife in 1941-Testator dying in 1958-Held, right of female Hindu under s.14 depends upon (2) of s.14, she could not get higher right than that stipulated in the document. Words and Phrases: Expression 'in lieu of maintenance or an-ears of maintenance' occurring in Explanation to s. 14(1) of Hindu Succession Act, D 1956-lnterpretation of The father of the respondent who had
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