Hindu Succession Act

Bannama, an elderly agriculturist, claimed a 7‑acre plot as her stridhan and sued for declaration of title and possession after her son, Nagi Reddy, fraudulently had the land mutated in his name and sold it to the Agricultural Produce Marketing Committee. The trial court and the Karnataka High Court held that Bannama w…

The Supreme Court examined a dispute over a house purchased in 1961 by Rama Vidyarthi using insurance proceeds and other funds, questioning whether it was joint family property and how the shares should be apportioned. The appellant, Shreya Vidyarthi, argued that the High Court had decided the case ex‑parte and that a …

The plaintiff Shailendra Prasad Srivastava filed a suit for declaration of title over certain lands against Baidya Nath Prasad Verma, which the trial court dismissed. The High Court, acting as the first appellate court, reversed the trial court's decision and decreed in favour of the plaintiff, but it neither framed sp…