Hindu Women's Right to Property Act, 1937

Dr. Ashutosh Ghosh purchased a house in 1935 in the name of his wife Suprovabala Ghosh by executing a power of attorney, which was later mutated in her name. After her death, the daughters, including Binapani Paul, obtained mutation of the property in their names and filed a suit for partition against their brother Ama…

The father of the appellant executed a 1935 will granting his house to the respondent after the death of his wife, Bhagwati Bai, who was given a life interest in lieu of maintenance. In 1962 Bhagwati Bai executed a gift deed transferring the house to her daughter, the appellant. The respondent sued to declare the gift …

The appellant, Dr. Ranbir Singh, purchased a property from Shri Hemant Singh, the adopted son of the late Maharaja of Dholpur, and served notice to the tenant, Asharfi Lal, for rent default. The trial court and first appellate court upheld the eviction, finding a landlord‑tenant relationship and greater hardship to the…

The appellant, Chintamani Ammal, claimed a share in agricultural land that was part of a joint Hindu family after her father, Kesava Gounder, died in 1943. She alleged that her father had expressed an intention to sever his joint family status before death, relying on oral testimony of her aunt. The trial court held th…

Kartar Kaur, the widow of the deceased Ranjit Singh, sued his son Ajmer Singh for declaration and possession of a suit property situated in the former PEPSU area. The son claimed sole inheritance under local custom, while the widow asserted a special custom allowing a widow to inherit alongside the son and relied on th…

The case concerned a Hindu religious endowment where the founder, Purushottam Lal, dedicated his property to the deity Gopalji and appointed his wife, Asharfi Devi, as shebait (temple manager) without a power to alienate the property. After Asharfi Devi's death, the appellant, Shambhu Charan Shukla, claimed possession …

The appeal concerned whether Bhonri Devi, a Hindu widow, became the absolute owner of an ancestral HUF house she occupied in lieu of her pre‑existing right to maintenance. The Supreme Court examined Section 14(1) of the Hindu Succession Act, 1956, interpreting "possessed by" and "acquired" in its widest sense to includ…

The Supreme Court examined two disputes concerning properties bought by the former ruler of Nabha, R.S., benami in the names of others. The first involved the Simla property (Sterling Castle) and the second the Delhi property (34 Alipur Road). The Court held that the rule of primogeniture, which applies to the rulershi…

The case involves a property dispute between the branch of Lakshmiah Naidu (respondents) and legatees under a Will (appellants) of Rangaswami Naidu, who died on 01.06.1955 before the Hindu Succession Act, 1956. The appellants claimed that Rangaswami Naidu had severed the joint family status through a newspaper notice a…

The widow Smt. Yenki borrowed Rs. 650 for family necessity after her husband's death and executed a promissory note. An award under the Bombay Agricultural Debtors Relief Act, 1947 created a charge on her property, which was later auctioned; the appellant purchased the land. The son (applicant) claimed he was the sole …

The case concerned a sale of a portion of a block of houses in Rae Bareli by Parmeshwar Din Misra (defendant No. 2), who claimed exclusive ownership, to K.C. Kapoor (appellant). The plaintiff‑mother and her two grand‑sons challenged the sale, alleging that the property was joint Hindu family property, that the sale was…

Manraj Singh executed a will in 1946 leaving his entire property to his grandson Raghuvir Singh, but reserving "full control and ownership" of the property for himself and his wife Janak Dulari during their lifetimes. After Manraj's death Janak Dulari possessed the land; a compromise decree in 1947 confirmed that she w…

The case involved a dwelling house inherited by a brother (respondent) and his two sisters (appellants) who had received their shares by gift from their mother. The sisters filed a partition suit; during the proceedings the younger sister married and the brother sought to pre‑empt her share under Section 4 of the Parti…

The Supreme Court considered an appeal by the heirs of Veerappa challenging a partition order that gave the widow of Ramshetti a share in the joint family agricultural land. The issue was whether the Hindu Women's Right to Property Act, 1937, as applied in the erstwhile State of Hyderabad, covered agricultural land, an…

A landowner died leaving three sons; one son, B, died leaving his widow S, who occupied his one‑third share for maintenance under Section 11 of the U.P. Zamindari and Land Reforms Act, 1950. After S's death, her daughter C claimed the same one‑third share in consolidation proceedings. The Settlement Officer held S’s ri…

V. Satyanarayana died leaving his widow Raghavamma, a minor son (the appellant) and a daughter (the respondent). A 1955 compromise decree partitioned the estate, granting the widow a life interest with reversion to the son. After the Andhra Pradesh Estates (Abolition and Conversion into Ryotwari) Act, 1948, the settlem…

The respondents, daughters of Doddahanumegowda, filed a suit seeking exclusive possession of his coparcenary property, asserting that as the sole surviving coparcener D could bequeath the entire estate to them. The appellants, daughters of D’s predeceased son Chikhanumegowda, claimed a right to a share under the Hindu …

Kalawati, a daughter of a Hindu widow, claimed ownership of the entire estate inherited by her mother from her husband, asserting that a 1954 gift deed transferring the property to her was valid and that she had become an absolute owner under section 14 of the Hindu Succession Act, 1956. Soiryabai, the other daughter, …