It is very well true that if we have to deal with rights of a particular party, we have to consider the provisions of relevant law in its e...

  There is authority in this Court in favour of the view that a Hindu relation, if he is otherwise entitled to inherit the estate of a Chr...

For example,  if a man were to marry a nonscriptural woman, the marriage would be only invalid, for she might at any time adopt Islam or ...

The claim is clearly preposterous. In the first place, the Applicant must show that he is entitled to succeed to the estate of the decea...

In this regard, the learned counsel for respondent/husband placed reliance mainly upon the 3-Judges Bench expression of the Apex Court ...

  It can clearly be seen that the present Will is executed at Yavatmal which is admittedly not covered under the territories included in...

(ii) Whether off-springs born out of a Mohameddan marriage would inherit property of their father on death if he became a Hindu before d...

In P. Ramanatha Aiyar's The Major Law Lexicon: 4th Edition 2010 Volume 3 Page 3076; it was held that:            ...

  The effect of Section 213(2) of the Act is that the requirement of probate or other representation mentioned in sub-section (1) for th...

The Apex Court in  Smt. Yamunabai Anantrao Adhav v. Anantrao Shivram Adhav and Anr . (AIR 1988 SC 644) pointed out that S.5 of the Hindu...

This Court finds itself in respectful agreement with the above pronouncement. Being of a religious persuasion or belief in a particular ...

This apart, probate of a Will is not necessary outside the presidency towns of Bengal, Bombay and Madras as has been held in Bhaiya Ji v....

Having considered the rival submissions, the only question which falls for consideration is whether it was imperative for the Petitione...