Supreme Court of India

Benga Behera and Anr. v. Braja Kishore Nanda and Ors.

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Reported as [2007] 6 S.C.R. 853

Bench S.B. Sinha and Markandey Ka Tju JJ.

Decided 15 May 2007

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1958 H. Venkatachala Iyengar v. B. N. Thimmajamma & Others cited by 35
2002 Janki Narayan Bhoir v. Narayan Namdeo Kadam cited by 16
1986 Controller of Estate Duty Gujarat-i, Ahmedabad v. Mrudula Nareshchandra cited by 8

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2023 Moturu Nalini Kanth v. Gainedi Kaliprasad (dead, through Lrs.) relied on
2025 Rajeev Gupta & Ors. v. Prashant Garg & Ors. referred to
2020 V. Kalyanaswamy (d) by Lrs. & Anr. v. L. Bakthavatsalam (d) by Lrs. & Ors. referred to
2020 Kavita Kanwar v. Mrs. Pamela Mehta & Ors. referred to
2019 Raj Kumari and Others v. Surinder Pal Sharma referred to

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