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Kerala High Court Full Bench rules that a Hindu wife’s maintenance rights cannot be defeated by sale of husband’s property, even to third parties.
Supreme Court rules a Hindu widowed daughter-in-law is entitled to maintenance from her father-in-law’s estate under Section 21(vii) of HAMA 1956. Court says timing of husband’s d…
Madras High Court rules that mortgage deeds or revenue records in a brother’s name cannot deny sisters equal coparcenary rights under Hindu Succession Act, 2005.
In a landmark judgment, the Supreme Court of India held that a coparcener loses rights in joint family property immediately after signing a release deed. The Court also ruled that…
Supreme Court clarifies that under Mohammedan law, oral gifts (Hiba) require possession and mutation records to be considered legally valid.