Hindu Women’s Right to Property Act

The plaintiff, a granddaughter of the late Nawab Raza Ali Khan of Rampur, sought partition of the Nawab's private properties, arguing that succession should follow Muslim personal law as the Nawab was a Shia. The defendants contended that the properties were attached to the Gaddi of the State and thus governed by the r…

Munnia, the widow of Bigu, held a life estate in property and died in 1932 before the Hindu Women’s Right to Property Act, 1937 came into force. Upon her death, the property reverted to the reversioners – the first respondent (Bhulan) and the appellants – making them co‑owners. Bhulan claimed he had been adopted by Mun…

The case concerned the succession to the shebaitship of the Shri Jugal Kishoreji Maharaj Mandir founded by Hari Dass. After the founder's death, his four chelas were nominated but none exercised the power to appoint a successor. The last serving chela, Bansi Dass, executed a will nominating Rambir Das and his brother a…

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, who had remarried he…

The Supreme Court examined a dispute over a property in Purulia that had been purchased by Jagannath Joshi with his funds but registered in his wife Moni Debi's name. The Court held that such a purchase, made for the wife's security, is a benami transaction where the wife is the real owner. The plaintiff's claim that h…