It is trite law that Karta/Manager of a joint family property may alienate joint family property only in three situations, namely, (i) le...

 In the instant case, it is admitted by the second defendant that the settlement deed dated 22.03.1980 (Ex.P1) is, in fact, a gift deed whic...

Hindu succession amendment Act 2005 has brought about following important changes: 1) Equal rights for daughters - After 2005 amend...

   As regards the first contention, there can be no doubt that if the decree was against Nandji alone, the effect of the order of discha...

"Antecedent" debt means antecedent in fact as well as in time. The debt must be independent of and not part of the transactio...