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Insights into Indian Succession Acts

Explore comprehensive insights and expert analysis on the Indian Succession Act, covering inheritance rights, wills, probate, and legal precedents.

Lynette Fernandes v. Gertie Mithias (D) By Lrs

It is a noteworthy case wherein bar of limitation pertaining to petitions made under Section 263 ...

Case Brief (Rewritten): Pearley Lal v. Rameshwar Das

Girdhari Lal executed a Will stating that his property will be inherited by his wife Kishen Dei a...

G. Gopal v. C. Baskar and others

A person made a Will which was granted a probate (legal validation of the Will provided by the co...

Case Brief (Rewritten): Joseph Easwaran Wapsphere v. Shirley Kathleen Wheeler

Gorden Wapshare died on 18.01.1991, leaving behind his brother Edward Wapshare and one sister Vio...

Benga Behera v. Braja Kishore Nanda

It is a case in which the validity of the executed Will dated 15.01.1982 by Sarajumani Dasi, a 70...

Bilquis Zakiuddin Banookwala v. Shehnaz Shabbir Bandukwala

The defendant produced the Will of her deceased husband, whose marriage was registered under the ...

Case Brief (Rewritten): Sameer Kapoor v. State

Smt. Kailash Kapoor, a permanent resident of England, executed a Will dated 16.05.1990, leaving a...

Case Brief (Rewritten): Jagdish Chand Sharma v. Narain Singh Saini

The appellant filed an application under Section 276 of the Indian Succession Act, 1925, seeking ...

Clarence Pais & Ors. v. Union of India

Two writ petitions were filed challenging the validity of Section 213 of the Indian Succession Ac...

Case Brief (Rewritten): Maj. Gen. Rajinder Singh Chowdhary v. Sardar Manjit Singh

The appellant filed a suit for partition of the properties on the grounds that Sardar Mohan Singh...

Case Brief (Rewritten): Kavita Kanwar v. Pamela Mehta

The late Smt. Amarjeet Mamik left behind a Will distributing her assets among her son and two dau...

Case Brief (Rewritten): Vatsala Srinivasan v. Narasimha Raghunathan

During the pendency of a suit for probate (legal validation of the Will provided by the competent...

Case Brief (Rewritten): John Vallamattom v. Union of India

John Vallamattom, a Christian priest, approached the Hon’ble Supreme Court under Article 32 of th...

Shyamal Kanti Guha & Ors. v. Meena Bose

Hillol Kanti Guha made a Will stating that 50% of his house would go to his brother, Shyamal Kant...

Amarjit Kaur & Ors. v. Karamvir Singh & Ors.

The facts revolve around a legal dispute involving two parties, the appellants and the respondent...

Case Brief (Rewritten): Jora Singh v. Sukhdev Singh

Banta Singh, executed a Will on 12.03.1979 and died on 17.09.1985. The petitioners, who served Ba...

Arun Kumar & Anr v. Shriniwas & Ors

In this important case, a woman named S. made a Will detailing how her property should be distrib...

Case Brief (Rewritten): Rukmani Devi v. Narendra Lal Gupta

C.P. Gupta died, leaving behind his wife, Ram Dulari, two sons, Kaloo Lal and Narendra Lal, and a...

Case Brief (Rewritten): Lalitaben Jayantilal Popat v. Pragnaben Jamnadas Kataria

A person executed a Will on 15.4.1978 and died on 30.11.1984 leaving behind his two sons (Jamnada...

Ganesan v. Kalanjiam

The appellant claimed a share in the suit property on the basis that it was joint family property...

Bhagat Ram v. Suresh

Bhagat and Chhaju Ram are sons of the late Mast Ram. Mast Ram executed a Will on 16.05.1973, in f...

Case Brief (Rewritten): Kalindi Venkata Subbaraju & Ors. v. Chintalapati Subbaraju & Ors.

Somaraju died on 29th March, 1921, bequeathing (distribution of assets through Will) all his prop...

Durga Prasad v. Debi Charan & Ors.

Jog Maya made 3 Wills. The first one in 1935 stated that she was performing Puja and service of a...

Case Brief (Rewritten): Sridevi v. Jayaraja Shetty

The property under dispute was owned by Padmayya Kambali who had 4 sons and 3 daughters. Appellan...

Case Brief (Rewritten): Naresh Charan Das Gupta v. Paresh Charan Das Gupta

The testator of a Will (the person who made the Will) died in 1944, leaving behind two sons, Pare...

Case Brief (Rewritten): Shanti Devi v. Daropti Devi

Smt. Budho Bai, the person who made the will, signed it on February 22, 1977, stating that her da...

Case Brief (Rewritten): Sheikh Anis Ahmad v. State

The appellant applied for letters of administration (legal permission to manage an estate) for a ...

Case Brief (Rewritten): Sunil Gupta v. Kiran Girhotra

Har Bhagwan executed a Will on 9.9.1997 and died on 3.11.1997. The respondents are the four daugh...

Case Brief (Rewritten): Samir Chandra Das v. Bibhas Chandra Das

Jogesh Chandra Pal, the testator (a person who makes a Will), passed away on January 13, 1984, le...

Case Brief (Rewritten): Shub Karan Bubna v. Sita Saran Bubna & Ors.

The petitioner and two other people were the targets of a partition lawsuit brought by the respon...

Case Brief (Rewritten): M.V. Shankar Bhat v. Claude Pinto

The testator (person who made the Will) left a Will appointing a sole executor to sell the proper...

Case Brief (Rewritten): Manju Puri v. Rajiv Singh Hanspal

Surjan Singh Randhawa and his brother Bachittar Singh Randhawa bought property in the name of the...

Case Brief (Rewritten): Saroj Agarwalla v. Yasheel Jain

This case is about an appeal arising out of the same proceedings for grant of probate of a Will (...

Balrang Factory Ltd. v. University of Calcutta

Nerode Chandra Vasu Mullick executed a will on 04.03.1932, transferring all his immovable propert...

Gurswarup Joshi v. Beena Sharma & Ors.

The first respondent applied for probate of the Will (validation of the Will by the competent cou...

Case Brief (Rewritten): Uma Devi Nambiar & Ors. v. T.C. Sidhan

Sankunni owned a residential house and had two daughters, Uma Devi Nambiar (the Appellant) and Ra...

Case Brief (Rewritten): Savithri v. Karthyayani Amma

Sankaran Nair, the person who made the Will (testator), owned the disputed property, which was in...

Case Brief (Rewritten): M.S. Bhavani v. M. S. Raghu Nandan

M. Srinivasa Murthy passed away in 2002, leaving a Will dated 07.06.1995 that gave his property t...

Anil Kak v. Sharada Raje

Maharaja T.R. Holkar died on 21.05.1978 leaving behind four daughters: Sharada Raje Holkar, Sita ...

Case Brief (Rewritten): Ramani U. Krishnan v. Dr. Ammini Praveen Joshua

Dr. O. Francis executed a Will on 26.06.1997 and died on 01.07.1997. The Respondent filed for a g...

Case Brief (Rewritten): Jose Paulo Couthino v. Maria Luiza Valentina Pereira & Anr.

Joaquim Mariana Pereira, who lived in Bombay, left his property to his youngest daughter while gi...

Case Brief (Rewritten): Siddamurthy Jayarami Reddy v. Godi Jayarami Reddy

Bijivemula Subba Reddy was a 75-year-old man who left behind a Will dated 21.05.1920, in favour o...

Chairanjilal Shrilal Goenka (Deceased) through LRS v. Jasjit Singh and Ors.

C.S. Goenka died in 1985 leaving behind his last Will dated October 28, 1982. In this Will, he ap...

Case Brief (Rewritten): Illachi Devi v. Jain Society

Ratan Lal executed a Will on 15.10.1977 expressing his interest to convey a part of his estate to...

Case Brief (Rewritten): Yumnam Ongbi Tampha Ibema Devi v. Yumnam Joykumar Singh & Ors.

Yumnam Ongbi Tampha Ibema Devi, claimed that her demised father-in-law (Yumnam Gouramani Singh) h...

E. Sankaran v. Mrs. Krishnaveni

This case revolves around the Application made under Section 263 of the Indian Succession Act for...

Case Brief (Rewritten): Ram Piari v. Bhagwant & Ors.

An old man who had two daughters made a Will just one day before he passed away, in which he expr...

Case Brief (Rewritten): Tarapada Das v. Bimal Kumar Das & Ors.

Mr. Amulya Charan das had three sons namely, Chandra Sekhar Das, Tarapada Das and Bimal Kumar Das...

Benga Behera v. Braja Kishore Nanda

It is a case in which the validity of the executed Will dated 15.01.1982 by Sarajumani Dasi, a 70...

Lynette Fernandes v. Gertie Mithias (D) By Lrs

It is a noteworthy case wherein bar of limitation pertaining to petitions made under Section 263 ...

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