Supreme Court of India

H. Lakshmaiah Reddy & Ors. v. L. Venkatesh Reddy

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Reported as [2015] 3 S.C.R. 938
Bench V. Gopala Gowda and C. Nagappan JJ.
Decided 17 April 2015

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What the Court ordered

We hold that the widow had not divested herself of the title in the suit H. LAKSHMAIAH REDDY v.

Judgment, page 7

From the headnote

Transfer of property - Mutation - Mutation entries in revenue records - Creation of title - First wife of defendant no. 1 and mother of plaintiff purchased certain property and the property stood in her name in revenue record - Upon her death, as per the Hindu Succession Act, defendant no. 1 and plaintiff succeeded to the suit property - Declaration made by defendant no. 1 before the revenue authorities to change the katha in the name of plaintiff in respect of the suit property - Mutation effected accordingly and the revenue record stood in the name of the plaintiff for a long time - On

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