Supreme Court · 2005 INSC 267 · Decided 6 May 2005
Vellikannu v. R. Singaperumal and ANR.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2005 INSC 267 · [2005] SUPP. 1 S.C.R. 160
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 4838/1999
- Decided
- 6 May 2005
- Bench
- ASHOK BHAN, A.K. MATHUR (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 302; Hindu Succession Act Section 25, 27, 6; Succession Act Section 25, 27
Headnote
Hindu Succession Act, 1956--Sections 25 and 27 rlw Sections 6 and 8-Coparcenery property-Succession-Disqualification-Respondent No.1 C murdered his father, who died intestate-Deceased was already divorced-He was survived by Respondent No. I- his only son and the sole male survivor and Appellant- by Mitakshara School of Hindu Law-Question of succession-Held: Respondent no. I having murdered his father, will be deemed to have pre-deceased him and would be disqualified D from inheriting the properties left by him as coparcener--Since the right of Appellant flows as wife of Respondent No.I,
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