Supreme Court of India
Vidyadhari and Ors v. Sukhrana Bai and Ors.
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What the Court ordered
In the result the appeal is allowed. In the facts and circumstances of the case, there will be no order as to costs.
Judgment, 13
From the headnote
Indian Succession Act, 1925: s.372 - Nominee - Right of - Claim for grant of Succession Certificate in respect of movable properties of deceased-husband - By first wife and separate claim by second wife and her children sired by deceased - Claim of second wife based on nomination in her favour - Trial Court granted Succession Certificate to the second wife on the ground that there was divorce between deceased and first wife and second wife was his legal widow - On appeal, High Court held that there was no evidence of divorce between first wife and deceased and granted Succession Certificate to first wife…
Authorities it was built on
- Govind Raju v. K. Muni Swami Gonder & Ors
- Yamanji H. Jadhav v. Nirmala
- Rameshwari Devi v. State of Bihar & Ors
- Smt. Savitri Devi v. Manorama Bai
Where later benches applied it
Of those, 2 mentioned
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