Supreme Court of India
Profulla Chorone Requitte & Ors. v. Satya Chorone Requitte
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What the Court ordered
For the foregoing reasons, we allow the defendant's appeal (Civil Appeal No. 1874 of 1970), set aside the judgment of the High Court, and dismiss the plaintiffs' suit.
Judgment, page 17
From the headnote
Interpretation of Wills-Common ancestor of plaintiffs and defendant! created absolute debutter of his house in favour of family deity-By two wills devised and bequeathed the house to the trustees for service and lvorship of the deity-Shebaiti rights-Whether vested in trustees or descendants of the testator. The common ancestor of the plaintiffs and the defendant owned a big residential house (the suit property) In which he had his fumily deity. By hvo wills-one dated June 4, 1898 in respect of his properties in British lndia and another, dated June 6, 1898 in respect of the house property in
Where later benches applied it
- 2020 Sri Marthanda Varma (d) Thr. Lrs. & Anr. v. State of Kerala & Ors.
- 2003 Uma Devi Nambiar and Ors. v. T.C. Sidhan (dead)
- 1996 Sh. Satish Mehra v. Delhi Administration and Anr.
Of those, 1 relied on · 2 mentioned
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