Supreme Court of India

Madhegowda (d) by Lrs. v. Ankegowda (d) Lrs. and Ors.

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Bench D.P. Mohapatra and Doraiswamy Raju JJ.
Decided 20 November 2001
Status Distinguished

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3 Supreme Court benches have cited this judgment.

From the headnote

Hindu Minority and Guardianship Act, 1956-Sections 4, 6, 8, 11 and 12-Alienation.of minor's property by de facto guardian-Validity of-Held, is per se illegal and void ab initio-Transferee of such an alienation acquires no interest in the property-No need to set aside such an invalid alienation by filing a suit-Minor on attaining majority can repudiate the transfer­ Transfer on attaining majority in a lawful manner asserting his/her title is sufficient indication of repudiation.

Where later benches applied it

Of those, 1 referred to · 1 mentioned · 1 not applicable

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