Revocation of Probate Not Maintainable on Grounds of Title Dispute. Bombay High Court
17 Mar 2026The Bombay High Court held that a probate cannot be revoked on the ground that the testator lacked title to the bequeathed property. S...
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Supreme Court
Supreme Court Dismisses Appeals in Joint Family Property Partition Dispute -- Upholds Concurrent Findings on Property Status and Invalidates Alienations and Testamentary Disposition
5 Feb 2026The Supreme Court dismissed appeals challenging concurrent findings in a partition suit involving 79 agricultural properties. The Court upheld the det...
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Supreme Court Reverses High Court Judgment in Property Dispute, Declaring 1985 Document as Will, Not Gift. The Court Held That the Disposition Took Effect on Death, Not in Praesenti, Under Transfer of Property Act, 1882, and That the High Court Erred in Setting Aside Concurrent Findings Without a Substantial Question of Law Under Section 100 CPC.
24 Mar 2025The appeal arose from a property dispute between siblings over a document executed by their father in 1985. The respondent, the daughter, filed a suit...
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High Court
Bar on Testamentary Disposition of Tenanted Land – Protection of Possession under Section 53A of the Transfer of Property Act – Appreciation of Oral and Documentary Evidence – Injunction and Declaration of Title – Relevance of Admissions in Evidence
18 Feb 2025Statutory Bar under Section 43 Upheld – Held that testamentary disposition of tenanted land was barred, and the Will relied upon by the defendants w...
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High Court
Legal Dispute Over Ancestral and Self-Acquired Properties. Appeals challenge the classification of properties and the distribution of shares among heirs under the amended Hindu Succession Act.
14 Jun 2024The appeals challenge the trial court’s judgment determining the shares of various parties, focusing on whether the properties...
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Supreme Court
Supreme Court Sets Aside High Court Judgment on Partition Suit; Affirms Plaintiff’s Claim Inconsistent with Title. Supreme Court rules remarriage extinguishes widow’s property rights under the 1856 Act, upholding the First Appellate Court's decision.
9 Apr 2024The Supreme Court, in this partition suit appeal, ruled that the remarriage of Chiruthey extinguished her rights over her first husband's property und...
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Supreme Court Dismisses Appeals in Partition Suit, Upholding High Court's Decree on Property Shares and Invalidating Compromise. Legal Heirs' Dispute Over Ancestral and Self-Acquired Properties Resolved with Shares Determined Under Hindu Law, and Compromise Set Aside Under Code of Civil Procedure, 1908.
29 Mar 2023The litigation originated from a partition suit filed by Charulata Sahoo (plaintiff) against her brother Prafulla Sahoo (defendant No. 1) and sister S...
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Supreme Court
Supreme Court Upholds Appellant's Absolute Ownership in Hindu Succession Dispute Over Limited Estate Under Will. The Court held that a limited life interest conferred by a Will falls under Section 14(2) of Hindu Succession Act, 1956, preventing expansion to absolute ownership, and applied res judicata to bar re-litigation of previously adjudicated matters.
1 Feb 2022The dispute arose from a Will dated 15.4.1968 by Tulsi Ram, who died on 17.11.1969, bequeathing property in Village Jundla, Haryana, to his son (the a...
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Supreme Court Upholds Gift Deed in Ancestral Property Dispute — Property Devised by Will Held Self-Acquired. Gift Deed Valid as Execution Not Specifically Denied, No Attesting Witness Required Under Section 68 of Indian Evidence Act, 1872.
4 Oct 2019The present appeal arises from a second appeal before the Gujarat High Court concerning a gift deed executed by Chhotabhai Ashabhai Patel (donor) on N...
Supreme Court
Supreme Court Allows Appeal in Karnataka Land Reforms Case — Testamentary Succession of Tenancy Rights Upheld. Civil Court Findings on Tenancy and Succession Are Binding on Land Tribunal Under Section 48-A of the Karnataka Land Reforms Act, 1961.
27 Sep 2019The case involves a long-standing dispute over agricultural land in Bilagi Village, Karnataka, spanning over half a century. The appellant, Kanna Timm...
