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Pritam Singh Vs. Assistant Controller of Estate Duty

Court : Punjab and Haryana

Subject : Direct Taxation

Acts : Hindu Succession Act, 1956 - Sections 4; Estate Duty Act, 1953 - Sections 7, 6, 30, 39 and 59; Income Tax Act, 1922 - Sections 34(1) and 147; Punjab Laws Act, 1972 - Sections 5; Income Tax Act, 1961

Reported in : [1976]103ITR661(P& H)

the Hindu Succession Act custom in matters of suc-cession, if any, had been abrogated, that the Sikhs are Hindus and they are governed by their personal law, which is Hindu law, and the onus lay on the … a Division Bench of this court, it was pointed out that by the mere enforcement of the Hindu Succession Act, it could not be held that the custom had been abrogated and the agriculturists started being governed by

Prem Lall Mullick and ors. Vs. the Administrator-general of Bengal

Court : Kolkata

Subject : Family

Reported in : (1894)ILR21Cal732

to the will of the deceased-Shnro Bibi v. Baldeo Das 1 B.L.R. A.C. 24. In 1865 the Indian Succession Act (X of 1865) was passed dealing with the succession to all persons dying in British India, except Hindus,

Babru Son of Chet Ram Vs. Basakha Singh and ors.

Court : Punjab and Haryana

Subject : FamilyProperty

Acts : Hindu Succession Act, 1956 - Sections 4, 6 and 30; Hindu Law

Reported in : (1995)111PLR177

Act are governed with regard to the matters of succession both by Hindu Law and the provisions of Hindus Succession Act, 1956 as well. In no manner, Hindu Succession Act has abolished the concept of Joint Hindu Family and … Act are governed with regard to the matters of succession both by Hindu Law and the provisions of Hindus Succession Act, 1956 as well. After coming into force of the Act, the Hindus who were previously governed by rules

Dhani Majhi and anr. Vs. Ranga Majhi and ors.

Court : Patna

Subject : Family

law and not by any special racial custom. Even their religious ceremonies are also like that of the Hindus. The daughters and widows always inherited the property of the father and the husband as like Hindus and … according to him, even if Hindu law was applicable to them of being sufficiently Hinduised then also Hindu Succession Act of 1956 would not be applicable to the parties as per Section 2(2) of the Hindu Succession Act

Jujjavarapu Yesurao Vs. Nadakuduru Kamala Kumar and ors.

Court : Andhra Pradesh

Subject : Family

Acts : Hindu Succession Act, 1956 - Sections 2, 2(1) and 2(3); Indian Succession Act, 1925; Indian Succession Act, 1865; Special Marriage Act, 1872; Consumer Protection Act, 1986 - Sections 2(1); Constitution of India - Article 366; Hindu Law

Reported in : 2007(5)ALD140; 2007(6)ALT249

not bar the plaintiff to seek remedy of partition. He submits that forefathers of first defendant were all Hindus leading a Hindu way of life, and therefore, even if they claim themselves as Harizans converted to Christians, … not applicable to them. Secondly, he submits that as per Section 2(1)(c) read with Section 2(3) of Hindu Succession Act, 1956 (hereafter called, Succession Act), Christians, Jews, Muslims and Parsis by religion are excluded from the applicability of

Narayani Vs. Aravindakshan

Court : Kerala

Subject : Family

Acts : Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 - Sections 2, 2(1), 2(3), 4, 5, 11, 12, 16 and 16(1); Marriage Laws (Amendment) Act, 1976 - Sections 11; Special Marriage Act, 1872 - Sections 26; Hindu Succession Act, 1956 - Sections 3; Hindu Minority and Guardianship Act, 1956; Hindu Adoptions and Maintenance Act, 1956; Matrimonial Causes Act, 1950 - Sections 9; Code of Civil Procedure (CPC) - Sections 100; Constitution of India - Article 14, 21, 25 and 39; Hindu Code, 1947; Hindu Law

Reported in : AIR2006Ker26; I(2006)DMC155; 2005(4)KLT1

of tortuous streams and jungly marshes.... The Hindu religion is a reflection of the composite character of the Hindus, who are not one people, but many. It is based on the idea of universal receptivity. It has … the constitutional provision in Explanation II to Article 25, noticed above, the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955; the Hindu Succession Act, 1956; the Hindu Minority and Guardianship Act, 1956; and the Hindu Adoptions and Maintenance Act, 1956 have extended

Kaur Singh Gajjan Singh Vs. Jaggar Singh Kehar Singh

Court : Punjab and Haryana

Subject : FamilyProperty

Acts : Hindu Law; Customary Law; Hindu Succession Act, 1956 - Sections 4, 14 and 30; Constitution of India - Articles 14, 15 and 15(3)

Reported in : AIR1961P& H489

of the matters dealt with herein if thin Act had not been passed. Explanation.-- The following persons are Hindus, Budhists, Jainas or Sikhs by religion, as the case may be:(a) any child, legitimate or illegitimate, both of … only question that has been debated before us is that in view of the provisions of the Hindu Succession Act, Maghar Singh could dispose of his ancestral immovable property by will. Before dealing with the respective contentions o

K. Devabalan and ors. Vs. M. Vijayakumari and ors.

Court : Kerala

Subject : Family

Acts : Hindu Succession Act, 1956 - Sections 2(1); Hindu Marriage Act, 1955; Hindu Minority and Guardianship Act, 1956 - Sections 3(1); Hindu Law

Reported in : AIR1991Ker175; I(1991)DMC323

Defendants 1 and 2 filed written statement contending that the plaintiffs and defendants are all Christians and not Hindus, that after the death of Adichan Nadar, the 4th defendant inherited his properties as his only son and … defendant got himself converted into Christianity before his marriage and the parties are Christians and governed by Christian Succession Act and the 4th defendant who is the sole and absolute owner of the property was competent to dispose

Pauline Luca Vs. Jerome Pascal

Court : Chennai

Subject : Constitution

Acts : Hindu Succession Act, 1956 - Sections 2(1), 4 and 4(1)

Reported in : AIR1977Mad270

Law in force immediately before the commencement of this Act and as was adopted by the community of Hindus. s. 4 of the Hindu Succession Act states as follows--"4.(1) Save as otherwise expressly provided in this Act--(a) … 1. The short question in this appeal is whether the Hindu Succession Act, 1956, which was extended to the State of Pondicherry has to prevail in the matter of succession to

Cally Nath Naugh Chowdhry Vs. Chunder Nath Naugh Chowdhry and ors.

Court : Kolkata

Subject : Family

Reported in : (1882)ILR8Cal378

testators. On the contrary, it was a restricting rather than an enabling Act. It does not apply to Hindus in the Madras and Bombay Presidencies outside the Presidency-towns, or to the inhabitants of the North-Western Provinces or … heap of inarticulate dry bones, which require to be set up and clothed with the flesh of the Succession Act, before the Act itself can give forth any sound. Its preamble gives no intimation that it was expedient