Supreme Court of India

Mummareddi Nagi Reddi and Others v. Pitti Durairaja Naidu and Others

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Reported as [1951] 1 S.C.R. 655
Bench Mehr Chand Mahajan, Mukherjea and Vivian Bose JJ.
Decided 8 May 1951

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Hindu Law-widow-Surrender-Release in favour of daughter and son-in-law-Validity-Suit by reversioner-Right to mesne pro­ fits. Where a Hindu widow who had inherited her husband's estate executed a deed, described as a deed of release, in favour of her daughter who w;;s the next reversioner and the daughter's husband jointly : Held, that though under the Hindu Law it is open to a widow to surrender the estate to the next reversioner even though the btter is a female heir, a widow cannot validly surrender in favour of the next female heir and a stranger jointly. Such a transaction cannot be

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