Supreme Court · 2002 INSC 101 · Decided 26 February 2002
V. Muthusami (Dead) BY LRS v. Angammal and ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2002 INSC 101 · [2002] 2 S.C.R. 37
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 2220/1993
- Decided
- 26 February 2002
- Bench
- S.S.M. QUADRI, S.N. PHUKAN (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Specific Relief Act; Hindu Succession Act Section 14(1), 14(2); Succession Act
Headnote
·B Hindu Law: "' Hindu Succession Act, 1956: c Section 14(/)-Female Hindu-Property-Possession of-Pre-existing right oj maintenance-Whetherfull or limited ownership-Held: Jf a female Hindu comes into possession of the property by virtue of her pre-existing right of maintenance she respect of the said property. D ... Specific Relief Act, 1963: _, Section 20-Specific perfor111ance-Jurisdiction to decree-Held: Grant .. . ' of decree for specific performance is a discretionary one-If decree/or specific relief involves hardship on the defendant and no hardship to the plaintiff,
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