27 January 2020
SUPREME COURT OF INDIA YASH VARDHAN MALL VS TEJASH DOSHI ON 23 NOVEMBER, 2017 Summarised Judgement (Scroll for Complete Judgement) Facts of the Case: A Will was executed by Smt. Shrutika Doshi on 01.03.2013 by which she appointed her husband, the sole Respondent herein, as the executor and trustee. Her minor daughters were made the beneficiaries. It was mentioned in the Will that in case the Respondent is unable to carry out or act as the sole executor by giving effect to the Will and testament,...
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KERALA HIGH COURT THANKAMMA AND ANR. VS N. KUNJAMMA AND ORS ON 26 NOVEMBER, 1985 Summarised Judgement (Scroll for Complete Judgement) Facts of the Case: This is an appeal by the plaintiffs. They filed the suit for partition. Plaint B schedule property originally belonged to one Chadayan Pathiru. Pathiru died leaving a son, Paulose, and two daughters Rajamma and Thankamma. Plaintiffs contended that no streedhanam was given by Pathiru to his daughters. The case is that the properties of Pathiru de...
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KERALA HIGH COURT ROSAMMA VS ANNAMMA ON 20 JANUARY, 2000 Summarised Judgement (Scroll for Complete Judgement) Facts of the Case: The appellants are the defendants in a suit for partition. The suit for partition was filed by the daughter of a deceased Christian from the Cochin area which was part of the erstwhile State of Cochin. The parties were then governed by the Cochin Christian Succession Act. Before the merger of the States of Cochin and Travancore under a covenant - the erstwhile princely...
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SUPREME COURT OF INDIA JOHN VALLAMATTOM VS. UNION OF INDIA DATED : 21.07.2003 Summarised Judgement (Scroll for Complete Judgement) Introduction : Petitioner No. 1 is an Indian citizen and is a Christian Priest belonging to the religious denomination of Roman Catholics. The second petitioner is also a member of the Christian community. The petitioners are aggrieved by the discriminatory treatment meted out to the members of the Christian community under the Act by which they were practically prev...
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INHERITANCE & SUCCESSION LAW'S IN USA Succession law in the United States is a not a federal issue, but is instead an area of the private law relegated to states. Because of the impossibility in identifying the number of changes in the fifty jurisdictions that compose the United States, this Report is limited to identifying and discussing the major trends and a few key minor currents occurring in succession laws in America over the last ten years. Intestate Distribution Schemes Increasing Role o...
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INHERITANCE & SUCCESSION LAW’S IN THAILAND What inheritance laws apply in Thailand? The Civil Code governs inheritance (Succession) of the Civil and Commercial Code of Thailand applies to all inheritance issues related to a real property located in Thailand, regardless of the nationality or the domicile of its deceased owner. If the owner of a real property lived and died outside Thailand and if a foreign court judgment is given in relation to his will and his real property located in Thailand,...
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CASE LAWS ON INDIAN SUCCESSION ACT, 1925 DATE COURT CASE LAWS 11.12.2019 BOMBAY HIGH COURT VEENA RAMCHANDRA PATEL VS. BAKHTAWAR ARZAN GHADIALLY 03.12.2019 DELHI HIGH COURT ROHINTON EDALJI VS. ARVIND RAI & AMP 13.09.2017 MADRAS HIGH COURT T. JAYASINGH ... 11TH ... VS Y. RAJAMANY (DIED) 29.03.2017 KERALA HIGH COURT FRANCIS KALATHRON D'CRUS VS SEBASTIAN D'CRUS @ SUNNY D'CRUS 01.04.2011 SUPREME COURT OF INDIA SIDDAMURTHY JAYARAMI REDDY (D) BY ... VS. GODI JAYA RAMI REDDY & ANR 14.08.2009 MADRAS HIGH...
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SUPREME COURT OF INDIA SIDDAMURTHY JAYARAMI REDDY (D) BY ... VS. GODI JAYA RAMI REDDY & ANR DATED : 01.04.2011 Summarised Judgement (Scroll for Cmomplete Judgement) Introduction : The controversy in this appeal, by special leave, is concerned with will dated May 21, 1920 executed by Bijivemula Subba Reddy resident of Chennavaran, village Kattera Gandla, Badwel Taluq, Cuddapah District. The question is one of construction upon which the two courts - High Court and trial court - are not in accord...
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CASE LAWS ON RIGHT OF WIDOW DATE COURT CASE LAWS 03.04.2019 SUPREME COURT OF INDIA GOPALAKRISHNA (D) BY LRS. .. VS. NARAYANAGOWDA (Dead) BY LRS. 25.11.2005 BOMBAY HIGH COURT TULSABAI W/O NARAYANRAO ... VS. SAKHARAM BHANU CHAVAN & ORS. 11.04.2001 SUPREME COURT OF INDIA MUNINANJAPPA & ORS VS. R. MANUAL & ANR 24.11.1999 SUPREME COURT OF INDIA VELAMURI VENKATA SIVAPRASAD ... VS. KOTHURI VENKATESWARLU (DEAD) BY ... 05.02.1999 SUPREME COURT OF INDIA NARESH KUMARI (DEAD) BY LRS, & ... VS. SHAKSHI LAL (...
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CASE LAWS ON RIGHT OF WIDOW DATE COURT CASE LAWS 03.04.2019 SUPREME COURT OF INDIA GOPALAKRISHNA (D) BY LRS. .. VS. NARAYANAGOWDA (Dead) BY LRS. 25.11.2005 BOMBAY HIGH COURT TULSABAI W/O NARAYANRAO ... VS. SAKHARAM BHANU CHAVAN & ORS. 11.04.2001 SUPREME COURT OF INDIA MUNINANJAPPA & ORS VS. R. MANUAL & ANR 24.11.1999 SUPREME COURT OF INDIA VELAMURI VENKATA SIVAPRASAD ... VS. KOTHURI VENKATESWARLU (DEAD) BY ... 05.02.1999 SUPREME COURT OF INDIA NARESH KUMARI (DEAD) BY LRS, & ... VS. SHAKSHI LAL (...
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