Supreme Court of India

Bhagwan Kr I Shan Gupta v. Prabha Gupta & Ors.

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Reported as [2009] 3 S.C.R. 393
Bench S.B. Sinha and V.S. Sirpurkar JJ.
Decided 25 February 2009

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Family dispute: Partition of property - Family settlement - Permissibility c - Held: Both.the brothers declare each other to be owners of the property having equal share therein - Arrangement between them by way of family settlement is permissible in law. Family settlement - Interpretation of - Held: Technicalities in interpretation should not be insisted upon - If family settlement in relation to property was possible, doctrine of arm chair rule of construction was applicable - Doctrine of arm chair rule. Succession Act, 1925: ss. 7 4 and 82 - Will - Construction of - Held: Will should be

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