Supreme Court of India
Lakshmana Nadar and Others v. R. Ramier
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2 Supreme Court benches have cited this judgment.
What the Court ordered
We are of the opinion that no sufficient grounds have been made out for disturbing the unanimous opinion of the two courts below on the construction of this will.
Judgment, page 16
From the headnote
Hindu law-Will--Beqiwst to wife for her lifetime and to daitghter absolutely after wife's lifetime-Estate taken by wife TVhether ordinary life estate or Hindn widow's estate-Danghter's estate-Whether vested-Death of daitghter be/ore widow, effect of -Constrnction of Hindn will-Gnidina principles. Hindu Brahmin governed by the l'IIitakshara law made a \vill in \vhich he gave the following directions: "After my life. time, you, the aforesaid Rauganayaki Ammal, my wife, shall till your lifetime enjoy the aforesaid entire properties ... After your lifetime, Ramalakshmi Ammal, our daughter and
Where later benches applied it
- 1958 M. P. V. Sundararamier & Co. v. The State of Andhra Pradesh & Another
- 1955 Merla Ramanna v. Nallaparaju and Others.
Of those, 2 mentioned
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