Long co-habiting couple’s child cannot be disentitled from family property in absence of proof against presumption of marriage: Supreme Court
“Law leans in favour of legitimacy and frowns upon the bastardy.”
Family property
Explained| Does alienating ancestral property ‘out of love and affection’ come within the scope of the term ‘pious purpose’?
Supreme Court: In a case where a portion of a joint Hindu Family was alienated ‘out of love and affection’ by way
Explained| Who can claim share in the inherited property of a female Hindu dying issueless and intestate?
Supreme Court: The bench of SA Nazeer and Krishna Murari*, JJ has held that if a female Hindu dies intestate without leaving
Explained| Can Karta alienate Joint Hindu family property without coparcener’s signature?
Supreme Court: In a suit where the Karta of a Joint Hindu Family, consisting of himself, his wife and his son, had