Supreme Court of India

Smt. Ram Kali v. Choudhri Ajit Shankar and Others

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How to cite
Bench A.S. Anand and K. Venkataswami JJ.
Decided 28 February 1997

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What the Court ordered

We hold that Kamlawati got absolute title to the suit house under the will which is a document effectuating a pre-existing right and not by itself making a grant.

Judgment, page 12

From the headnote

JUDGMENT: J U M N T Venkataswami. J. The question that falls for consideration in this Civil Appeal can be framed as follows:- "Whether the limited Estate (including the suit house) given by the father-in-law under a registered will dated 5.1.1921 to his widowed daughter-in-law enlarges into an absolute estate under Section 14(1) of the Hindu Succession Act, 1956 on the facts of this case." It is surprising that in spite of a three Judge Bench Judgment of this Court in v lulsamma and others vs. Sesha Reddy (dead) by LRs.

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