Supreme Court of India
Mangat Mal (dead) and Another v. Smt. Punni Devi (dead) and Others
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Hindu Succession Act 1956-Section 14(1)-Rights of a Female Hindu-' Maintenance'-Meaning of-Whether or not the maintenance given to a fem ale Hindu would necessarily encompass a provision for her residence. Specific property allotted to a widow, of a co-parcener in a Hindu joint family, in lieu of her claim for maintenance-Wltether said allotment is by virtue of a pre-existing right-Can such claim be equated with a right of ownership. Section 14 of the Hindu Succession Act-Scope of. Object of legislature-To wipe out the disabilities suffered by a Hindu woman, under the old Shastric Law, in
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