Supreme Court of India

Smt. Gulwant Kaur & Another v. Mohinder Singh & Ors.

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Decided 20 July 1987

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From the headnote

Hindu Succession Act, 1956-Section 14---Hindu lady receiving land from husband in lieu of maintenance-Sufficient title to enable ripening of possession into full ownership. The appellant-wife and her husband were estranged and living apart. The husband, by a letter dated July 28, 1956, entrusted .to the appellant the land in dispute alongwith another piece of land and a house and agreed to pay a sum of Rs.100 per month for her mainte nance.…

Authorities it was built on

1977 V. Tulasamma & Ors. v. V. Sesha Reddi (dead) by L.rs. cited by 35
1965 Eramma v. Verrupanna & Ors. cited by 20
1979 Bai Vajia (dead) by L. Rs. v. Thakorbhai Chelabhai and Ors. cited by 11
1961 Patneedi Rudrayya v. Velugubantla Venkayya and Others cited by 6
1987 Jagannathan Pillai v. Kunjithapadam Pillai & Ors. cited by 5

Where later benches applied it

2024 Tej Bhan (d) through Lr. & Ors. v. Ram Kishan (d) through Lrs. & Ors. referred to
2020 V. Kalyanaswamy (d) by Lrs. & Anr. v. L. Bakthavatsalam (d) by Lrs. & Ors. referred to
2024 Kallakuri Pattabhiramaswamy(d) Tr.lrs. v. Kallakuri Kamaraju. mentioned

Of those, 2 referred to · 1 mentioned

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