Supreme Court of India

Talkeshwari Devi v. Ram Ran Bikat Prasad Singh & Anr.

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Reported as [1972] 3 S.C.R. 71
Decided 12 January 1972

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From the headnote

Indian Succession Act 1925-Ss. 124, 131-Scope-Will, construc­ tion of. By clause 4 of a will the testator bequeathed to his grand daughters T and S an absolute right in the properties that were to devolve on them after the death of his wife. Clause 5 further provided that if one of the two grand daughters were to die issueless the other living grand daughter was to enter into possession of the entire pro- perty as absolute owner. After the death of the testator's wife T and S divided the properties which devolved on them in equal shares. On S dying issueless T instituted a 1uit for poasession

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