#Karta Authority

The Supreme Court ruled that property inherited under Section 8 of the Hindu Succession Act vests as tenancy-in-common with definite shares, stripping the karta of authority to alienate it without consent. This clarifies succession rights for heirs, particularly daughters and step-relatives, and restricts unilateral property transactions under claims of legal necessity.

The Himachal Pradesh High Court ruled that a karta of a Hindu Undivided Family cannot unilaterally execute a relinquishment deed in favor of one coparcener without the consent of all coparceners or legal necessity. The deed was declared void ab initio, reinforcing that registration does not validate substantive legal defects in ancestral property alienation.