The Aurangabad Bench of the Bombay High Court has clarified that the preferential right to acquire property under Section 22 ...

For establishing full ownership on the undivided joint family estate under Section 14 (1) of the Succession Act the Hindu female must not only be possessed of the property but she must have acquired ...

Citing at least eighteen conflicting precedents from two- and three-judge benches, the Supreme Court referred the vexed questions under Section 14 to a larger bench. The inquiry aims to reconcile ...

The Supreme Court is cautiously reviewing challenges to the Hindu Succession Act, particularly Section 15 concerning inheritance by Hindu women. The court emphasized the need to balance women's rights ...

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court has observed that it will move cautiously while examining challenges to provisions of the Hindu Succession Act, 1956, and that it would be wary of shattering the Hindu ...

The Delhi High Court has ruled that a marriage between two individuals cannot be declared as invalid on the ground that it ...

A father must financially support his adult son and daughter's education. The Himachal Pradesh High Court ruled in favor of ...