27 January 2020
SUPREME COURT OF INDIA CONTROLLER OF ESTATE DUTY MADRAS VS. ALLADI KUPPUSWAMY DATED : 03.05.1977 Summarised Judgement (Scroll for Complete Judgement) Introduction : The respondent filed an appeal before the Board and contended that as Smt. Alladi died as a Hindu widow she possessed no coparcenary interest which could pass on her death: her interest merged without any benefit accruing or arising to the coparceners and hence s. 7 sub-s. (1) had no application. Facts of the Case : In order to decid...
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27 January 2020
DELHI HIGH COURT ASHOK KUMAR VS. KISHAN KUMAR DATED : 24.08.1982 Summarised Judgement (Scroll for Complete Judgement) Introduction : This suit by two brothers claiming a declaration in respect of immoveable properties and for possession of a part thereof and recovery of damages mesne profits in respect of the use and occupation of a part of it, inter alia, raises an interesting question as to the circumstances in which and the conditions on which a limited estate, held by a Hindu widow, may matu...
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27 January 2020
SUPREME COURT OF INDIA NARESH KUMARI (DEAD) BY LRS, & ... VS. SHAKSHI LAL (DEAD) BY LRS, &... DATED : 5.02.1999 Summarised Judgement (Scroll for Complete Judgement) Introduction : The question in issue is, whether a female Hindu buying a house from a widow, a widow's estate prior to the coming into force of the Hindu Succession Act, 1956 (hereinafter referred to as "the 1956 Act'), would become full owner of such house by virtue of Section 14(1) of the Act? In other words, it raises the question...
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27 January 2020
SUPREME COURT OF INDIA VELAMURI VENKATA SIVAPRASAD ... VS. KOTHURI VENKATESWARLU (DEAD) BY ... DATED : 24.11.1999 Summarised Judgement (Scroll for Complete Judgement) Introduction : The Judgment of the Court was delivered by BANERJEE, J. Some specific questions arise for determination in this appeal by the grant of special leave against a Bench decision of the Andhra Pradesh High Court : Firstly, whether re-marriage of a widow prior to Hindu Succession Act, 1956 would divest her of even the limi...
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27 January 2020
SUPREME COURT OF INDIA MUNINANJAPPA & ORS VS. R. MANUAL & ANR DATED : 11.04.2001 Summarised Judgement (Scroll for Complete Judgement) Introduction : This appeal also raises similar question of the interpretation of a Will and consequently the right of a widow of a benefactor under the Will. The questions raised are : (a) Whether the right given to Guruswamy, the benefactor under the Will dated 1st June, 1942 was a limited right. (b) If Guruswamy had a limited right, whether his widow Sevamma cou...
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27 January 2020
BOMBAY HIGH COURT TULSABAI W/O NARAYANRAO ... VS. SAKHARAM BHANU CHAVAN & ORS. DATED : 25.11.2005 Summarised Judgement (Scroll for Complete Judgement) Introduction : 1. This Letters Patent Appeal involves two important questions, one regarding the applicability of Section 14(1) and (2) of the Hindu Succession Act, 1956 and the other about interpretation of a document called Tamliknama. 2. The facts giving rise to the controversy in question are narrated as under. The appellant is the legal heir...
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27 January 2020
SUPREME COURT OF INDIA GOPALAKRISHNA (D) BY LRS. .. VS. NARAYANAGOWDA (Dead) BY LRS. .. DATED : 03.04.2019 Summarised Judgement (Scroll for Complete Judgement) Introduction : The case of the appellants is as follows:- One Ramanna was the owner of the properties which are scheduled to the plaint. He passed away in 1907. He was married to Jankamma (first wife) who predeceased him. The second wife Seethamma passed away in the year 1938. Through his first wife (Jankamma), he had a daughter named Ven...
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27 January 2020
ITAT - HYDERABAD ASSISTANT COMMISSIONER OF ... VS TRUSTEES OF PRINCE MOAZAM JAH ... ON 28 NOVEMBER, 1994 Summarised Judgement (Scroll for Complete Judgement) Introduction: These eleven appeals by the Revenue are against the order of the Commissioner of Wealth-tax (Appeals) for assessment years 1978-79 to 1988-89. For the sake of convenience, they are being disposed of by this common order. The common question in all these appeals concerns the assessment made under Section 21(4) of the W.T. Act....
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27 January 2020
ALLAHABAD HIGH COURT MISS. TALAT FATIMA HASAN VS HIS HIGHNESS NAWAB SYED MURTAZA ... ON 31 JULY, 1996 Summarised Judgement (Scroll for Complete Judgement) Introduction This suit for partition of moveable and immoveable properties left by late Syed Raza Ali Khan, Nawab of Rampur, rendition of accounts of income, profits, usufructs and benefits from the said property, and decree for pendente lite and future mesne profits, was filed by the plaintiff in the Court of District Judge, Rampur in the yea...
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27 January 2020
MADRAS HIGH COURT SULAIKA BIVI AND SIX OTHERS VS RAMEEZA BIVI AND 10 OTHERS ON 20 OCTOBER, 2000 Summarised Judgement (Scroll for Complete Judgement) Introduction: The defendants 1 to 7 are the appellants. The first appellant is the mother and appellants 2 to 7 are the children of the first appellant through one Late Mohammed Sultan Maracayar. The first respondent is the plaintiff. Respondents 2 to 5 are the sisters and brothers of the first respondent. Respondents 7 to 11 are the legal heirs of...
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