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Parliament ends mandatory probate under the Indian Succession Act, 1925. Families can now execute wills without court delays. Full legal impact explained.
Supreme Court upholds a Will excluding a daughter married outside the community, ruling that equity cannot override testamentary freedom once a Will is proved.
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…
Feeling sidelined in a family will? Indian inheritance law says unequal distribution isn’t enough to challenge a will. Learn when courts intervene, valid grounds for dispute, key …
Punjab & Haryana High Court rules that property inherited by a father after 1956 becomes self-acquired—not ancestral—under the Hindu Succession Act. Children cannot claim birthrig…