Supreme Court of India

Sankaran Govindan v. Lakshmi Bharathi & Others

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Reported as [1975] 1 S.C.R. 57
Bench K. K. Mathew and A. Alagjriswami JJ.
Decided 15 April 1974

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What the Court ordered

We hold that the succession to the amount specified in Schedule-C minus the amount which represents the sak proceeds of the house property in Sheffield most also be governed by EPglish law and that the amount must be distributed between the first and second defendants in equal shares.

Judgment, page 23

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