Supreme Court · 2022 INSC 283 · Decided 9 March 2022
Swaminathan & ORS. v. Alankamony (Dead) Through LRS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2022 INSC 283 · [2022] 1 S.C.R. 878
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 798/2013
- Decided
- 9 March 2022
- Bench
- HEMANT GUPTA, V. RAMASUBRAMANIAN (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Succession Act Section 263, 299
Headnote
Succession Act, 1925:s. 263 - Revocation of letters of administration - When - Held: As per s. 263, the grant of letters of administration may be revoked for "just cause" - Explanation (a) states that just cause would be deemed to were defective in substance - Illustration (ii) u/s. 263 deals with a case where "the grant was made without citing parties who ought to have been cited" - On facts, the brother of the testator filed application for revocation of letters of administration on the
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