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The High Court considered a civil revision filed by the purchasers (defendant Nos.18‑24) challenging the trial court's order refusing to reject a suit filed by the original plaintiffs for pre‑emption, declaration and injunction over an undivided joint Hindu family property. The plaintiffs claimed a …
The petitioners, brothers of the deceased Tarabai, filed a writ petition challenging the Scheduled Tribe Certificate Scrutiny Committee’s order of 17 March 2012 that invalidated Tarabai’s tribe status. They claimed to be successors‑in‑interest under a will bequeathing her land and argued that the …
The petitioner, Sunil Gorakhnath Jare, is a legatee under a will executed by Shakuntala on 19 June 2018, which bequeaths him one‑quarter of her father’s ancestral property. The respondent, the husband of the deceased testator, filed an application to be impleaded in the probate proceeding (C.M.A. …
The appellants, heirs of Dajiram Sabaji Bagal, appealed a decree that declared the plaintiffs, first cousins of the deceased Jagannath, as owners of a suit property. The dispute centered on whether the property, purchased in Jagannath's name, was a self‑acquired asset or acquired from the joint …
The second appeal filed by Shantilal Bhikchand Surana challenged the first appellate court’s decree granting partition and separate possession of joint family property. The appellant argued that House No. JA‑2‑16/4 was in his wife’s name and thus not part of the joint family, relying on documents …
The appellants, Zainab Akhtar and Adeeba Fatima, claimed to be the nominees of the deceased employee Md. Qamrul Haque for his post‑death benefits, including pension, gratuity and the Group Provident Fund (GPF). The High Court earlier held that a nominee is only a custodian and that benefits must be …
The appellants challenged a judgment that had set aside a trial court decree declaring a 1986 Will executed by their grandfather Reshiabhai void on grounds of lack of testamentary capacity and undue influence. The trial court had found the Will fraudulent but dismissed the suit for jurisdictional …
The plaintiff Hansaben filed a suit seeking declaration and cancellation of a 1990 sale deed, asserting she became the owner of a one‑acre land after purchasing it from defendant No.1 in 2009. The trial court dismissed the suit, and the first appellate court affirmed the dismissal. The plaintiff …
The deceased Pratapsinh Harwarilal Dalal, a veterinary doctor and assistant professor at Junagadh Agricultural University, died in a road accident on 3.5.2016. Original petitioner No.1 Ranjanben claimed to be his legally wedded wife, married in 1993, with two children, and was recorded as nominee in …
The petitioners, members of the Kohar family, filed a writ petition challenging the Bihar Land Tribunal’s order of abatement in a pre‑emption case and the repeal of Section 16(3) of the Bihar Land Reforms (Fixation of Ceiling Area and Acquisition of Surplus Land) Act, alleging procedural …
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 …
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 …
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 …
The case arose from a partition suit where a preliminary decree was passed and an appeal was filed. During the pendency of the appeal, respondents 8 and 9 purchased one of the suit items (item No. 9) and were impleaded as respondents in the appeal. The parties later executed a compromise agreeing to …
The case concerned a partition suit filed by members of a joint family over lands where the first respondent had been granted occupancy rights under the Andhra Pradesh (Telangana Area) Abolition of Inams Act, 1955. The respondents argued that the civil court lacked jurisdiction because the Act …
The case concerned the inheritance of ancestral land of the Sidhu Jat community in Punjab. After the death of Relu Singh, his two widows – Sobhi and Raj Kaur – and his two sons succeeded to the estate. When the sons died without issue, the property was mutated in favour of the widows, and Raj Kaur, …
The first respondent filed a suit claiming ownership and possession of a disputed parcel of land, alleging that his father had relinquished his rights and later sold the land to the appellant. The appellant contended that the father had taken loans, created a mortgage, and granted a 60‑year lease, …
The appellants sought to exclude 36.74 acres allotted to the wife under a 1970 partition deed from the husband's land ceiling computation, claiming it was "Stridhana land" under the Tamil Nadu Land Reforms (Fixation of Ceiling on Land) Act, 1961. The dispute centered on whether Section 21A's …
The deceased businessman Prem Narain's sole proprietorship, Mis Meera & Co., was continued after his death by his widow Krishna Gupta on behalf of herself and their three minor children. The Income Tax Officer treated the business as a "body of individuals" and assessed the income accordingly, which …
The widow Smt. Phoola was allotted land in 1932 as part of a family compromise for her maintenance and her name was entered in revenue records. She later sold the land in 1956 to the respondents, but other members of the Hindu Undivided Family challenged the sale, claiming she only held a limited …
The respondents, children of a deceased pakka tenant, sued to declare a 1960 sale deed executed by their mother invalid, alleging that her remarriage in 1958 forfeited her tenancy rights under the Madhya Bharat Land Revenue and Tenancy Act. The trial court, appellate court and High Court held that …
A suit filed by 56 members of the public sought a declaration of a customary right to bury the dead on two parcels of land (R.S. Nos. 975/1 and 975/2) and a permanent injunction against 15 defendants, who were the brother‑owners and subsequent purchasers of the land. The trial court decreed in …
The case concerned an application for probate of a will executed by the deceased Ranendra Chandra Bose in 1952. The executors sought probate, but the trial court refused on the ground of doubts about the testator's mental capacity and the authenticity of his signature. The High Court set aside that …
