Supreme Court of India

Mrs. Mary Roy Etc. Etc. v. State of Kerala & Ors.

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Reported as [1986] 1 S.C.R. 371
Decided 26 February 1986

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Intestate Succession to the property of a member of the Indian christian Comnrunity in the territories originally forming part of· the erstwhile State of Travancore - Merger of State of Travancore with State of Cochin in July 1949 and enactment of Part States (Laws) Act, 1951 providing for extension of certain Parliamentary statutes to Part St~tes - Consequential effect of the extension of Indian Succession Act, 1925 - Whether the Indian Succession Act, 1925 or the old Travancore Cochin Succession Act 1092 (Kollan Era) will govern the intestate succession from the date of extension - Indian

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