Supreme Court of India
Sheela Devi and Ors. v. Lal Chand and Anr.
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We are of the opinion that it is not correct to say that the share of the proper!)', upon partition, constitutes the separate property of the coparcener and that it is only subsequently when a son is born that the property becomes ancestral • SHEELA DEVI v.
Judgment, page 9
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Hindu Law: Hindu Succession Act, 1956; Ss. 6 and 8: Intestate succession-Property in dispute owned by a person belonging to Mitakshara coparcenary-The owner died after 1956 Act came into force leaving behind two sons and three daughters-In terms of Revenue records, each child was entitled to I/5th share in the property-Challenged by the sons-Decreed by trial Court-Appeal against dismissed by first appellate Court-Second appeal dismissed by the High Court-On appeal, Held: In terms of Section 6 of the Act, if a person died leaving behind surviving female members specified in Class I of the
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