Supreme Court of India

Rathnamma & Ors. v. Sujathamma & Ors.

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Bench L. Nageswara Rao and Hemant Gupta JJ.
Decided 15 November 2019

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Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 – ss.5, 7 and 11 – Succession in the estate on basis of a marriage – Claim for – Plaintiff, maternal grand-daughter of defendant No.1 claimed to have married ‘ ’ her uncle (son of defendant No.1) on 7.3.1986 - ‘ ’ had died on 15.10.1986 – Defendant No.1 had two sons (including ‘ ’) and three daughters – Plaintiff sought share of the estate of defendant No.1, as wife of deceased ‘ ’ – Trial court held that the plaintiff and ‘ ’ had not attained the qualifying age at the time of registration of marriage in the office of sub-Registrar and thus, marriage was void ab…

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