Supreme Court of India

Govind Hanumantha Rao Desai v. Nagappa Alias Narahari Laxman Rao Deshpande and & 7 Ors.

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Reported as [1972] 3 S.C.R. 200
Bench K.S. Hegde J.
Decided 25 January 1972
Status Distinguished

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From the headnote

Hindu Law-Adoption-Theory of relation hack-Adoption by widow of deceased coparcener-Before adoption partition of property b:y surviv­ ing coparceners-Share which adoptive son entitled to. The appellant was adopted in 1955 by R's widow after R's death in 1912. In 1933, there was a partition between K (R's father) and his third son L, the only two coparceners existink at that time. Thereafter, K. bequeathed his properties by will to some of his relations. Later, there was a further partition between L and his son. L died in 1952. suit was filed in 1956 by the-.appellant, claiming half of the

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Of those, 1 referred to · 1 not applicable

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