Chhattisgarh High Court reaffirms that second appeals under Section 100 CPC cannot re-appreciate evidence; concurrent findings of fact are binding unless perverse or legally flawed.
Kerala High Court holds that under Hindu Succession Act, a husband is sole legal heir of wife dying issue-less, overriding claims to streedhana property.
Bombay High Court holds that Mirashi tenancy is inheritable joint family property; sale deed binding only to karta's share, not co-heirs. Key precedent on ancestral land rights.
Kerala High Court clarifies that the 2005 amendment to Section 6 of the Hindu Succession Act does not invalidate testamentary dispositions made before 20 December 2004.
Bombay High Court holds that Mirashi tenancy is inheritable joint family property; sale deed binding only to the seller's share, not co-heirs. Key precedent on ancestral land rights.
Chhattisgarh High Court holds that Scheduled Tribe members are governed by customary law unless proven to be fully Hinduised; long-standing mutation entries bar stale claims.