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Are digital wills valid in India? Courts still recognise only physical wills under the Indian Succession Act, leaving digital assets and crypto inheritance in limbo.
Karnataka High Court rules tenants have no locus standi to oppose probate of a will. Probate proceedings concern inheritance rights, not tenancy or occupancy claims under land law…
Karnataka High Court urges Centre to review Section 6 of Hindu Succession Act, citing ambiguity in widows’ and mothers’ inheritance rights after 2005 amendment.
Parliament ends mandatory probate under the Indian Succession Act, 1925. Families can now execute wills without court delays. Full legal impact explained.
Bombay High Court rules that property inherited by a son under Section 8 of the Hindu Succession Act is separate property, not ancestral. Son has absolute right to sell or transfe…