Supreme Court · 2004 INSC 403 · Decided 27 July 2004
Ugre Gowda v. Nagegowda (Dead) BY LRS. and ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2004 INSC 403 · [2004] SUPP. 3 S.C.R. 141
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 5318/1999
- Decided
- 27 July 2004
- Bench
- S.B. SINHA, S.H. KAPADIA (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- CPC Section 100; Constitution Article 136
Headnote
B Hindu Law-Hindu widow's right to transfer her property-A Hindu widow transferring property by gift deed-Suit filed for declaration that plaintiff was adopted son of the widow and gift deed executed by her was null and void-Held, adoption did not divest the widow of suit property C which vested dispose of her own disposable property. Deeds and documents-Plaintiff claiming title on the basis of an adoption-cum-settlement deed-Held, settlement has neither been stamped D nor does it identifY suit property nor indicates its valuation-In the circumstances, it did not convey any right, title
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