Topic
Coparcenary Property
2 articles
Civil & Property Litigation
No HUF, No Valid Will: Delhi High Court Untangles a Three-Generation Family Property Dispute
A family fought for fourteen years over a Delhi house, advancing three overlapping property claims at once — an HUF, a Will, a Gift Deed. The Delhi High Court found each unravelled the moment it was actually tested against the documents and the witnesses.
13 min readProperty Law
A Remarried Widow, a Murderer, and a Coparcener's Share: Madras High Court Separates Section 24 from Section 25 of the Hindu Succession Act
A three-decade-old partition dispute forced the Madras High Court to decide whether a coparcener's share reverts to his relatives when his widow remarries, or passes instead to his daughter. The answer turns on a distinction between two very different kinds of disqualification buried in the Hindu Succession Act.
12 min read