Case Law Analysis
|Supreme Court of India
Hindu Succession Act Overrides Primogeniture for Private Properties of Ex-Princely Rulers Post-Merger | Kapurthala Royal Succession : SC
The Supreme Court has ruled that private properties declared by former princely rulers under merger agreements devolve according to the Hindu Succession Act, not customary primogeniture. This decisively ends the legal ambiguity surrounding inheritance rights of royal descendants, affirming statutory succession over feudal custom in post-merger India.