Supreme Court of India
Velamuri Venkata Sivaprasad (dead) by L.rs. v. Kothuri Venkateswarlu (dead) by L.rs. and Ors.
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What the Court ordered
We hold that the !st defendant had re married in August, 1953.
Judgment, page 17
From the headnote
Hindu Succession Act, 1956. Section 14(1)-Limited estate/interest of widow-Re-marriage of widow before coming into force of 1956 Act-Effect of-Held, re-marriage divesting widow as limited owner of estate of her deceased husband-Section 14(1) not applicable-No limited estate/interest subsisting on commencement of 1956 Act which gets converted into full ownership-Hindu Widow's Re- marriage Act, 1856-section 2. Madras Hindu (Bigamy Prevention and Divorce) Act, 1949-Widow contending that re-marriage was not valid in view of 1949 Act and claiming benefit under 1956 Act-Prohibitory…
Authorities it was built on
- 1977 V. Tulasamma & Ors. v. V. Sesha Reddi (dead) by L.rs.
- 1991 K. Vimala v. K. Veeraswamy
- 1965 Bhaurao Shankar Lokhande & Anr. v. State of Maharashtra & Anr.
- 1996 R. Thiruvirkolam v. Presiding Officer and Anr.
- 1990 M.O.H. Uduman and Ors. v. M.O.H. Aslum
- 1996 Indore Development Authority v. Smt. Satyabhama Ba! and Ors. Etc.
Where later benches applied it
- 2024 Kizhakke Vattakandiyil Madhavan (dead) Thr. Lrs. v. Thiyyurkunnath Meethal Janaki and Ors
- 2026 Vijayakumar v. State of Tamilnadu
- 2008 Cherotte Sugathan (died through Lr's) & Ors. v. Cherotte Bharathi & Ors.
- 2001 Muninanjappa and Ors. v. R. Manual and Anr.
Of those, 1 referred to · 3 mentioned
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