Supreme Court · 1976 INSC 282 · Decided 4 November 1976
SMT. Kasturi Devi v. Deputy Director of Consolidation & ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1976 INSC 282 · [1977] 2 S.C.R. 25
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 789/1975
- Decided
- 4 November 1976
- Bench
- Y.V. CHANDRACHUD, P.K. GOSWAMI, S. MURTAZA FAZAL ALI (3-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Hindu Succession Act; Succession Act
Headnote
SMT. KASTURI DEVI A v. DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF CONSOLIDATION & ORS. November 4, 1976 [Y. V. CHANDRACHUD, P. K. GOSWAMI AND S. MU:RTAZA f,\ZAL ALI, B JJ.] Hindu Succession A.ct, 1956-Whether remarriage would bar a mother fr•m succeeding as son's heir. • On the demise of Karuna, ther were and was thereby barred from succeeding as Karna's heir. After the consolidation officer had decided against her, and the settlement officer, Etah Camp, Aligarh, in her favour, the Deputy Director of Consolidation decided a revision petition against the appellant holding that her remarriage
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