Supreme Court · 1999 INSC 528 · Decided 24 November 1999

Velamuri Venkata Sivaprasad (Dead) BY L.RS. v. Kothuri Venkateswarlu (Dead) BY L.RS. and ORS.

Court: Supreme Court of India
Citation: 1999 INSC 528 · [1999] SUPP. 4 S.C.R. 522
Case number: CIVIL APPEAL No. 425/1982
Decided: 24 November 1999
Bench: S.B. MAJMUDAR, M. SRINIVASAN, U.C. BANERJEE (3-judge bench)
Outcome: Appeal(s) allowed
Case type: Civil
Acts & sections cited: Hindu Marriage Act Section 11, 16; Hindu Succession Act Section 14(1); Succession Act

Headnote

Hindu Succession Act, 1956. C Section 14(1)-Limited estate/interest of widow-Re-marriage of widow before coming into force of 1956 Act-Effect of-Held, re-marriage divesting widow as limited owner of estate of her deceased husband-Section 14(1) not applicable-No limited estate/interest subsisting Act which gets converted into full ownership-Hindu Widow's Re- D marriage Act, 1856-section 2. Madras Hindu (Bigamy Prevention and Divorce) Act, 1949-Widow contending that re-marriage was not valid in view of 1949 Act and claiming benefit under 1956 Act-Prohibitory Statute-Interpretation of-Held,

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