Supreme Court of India

Shreya Vidyarthi v. Ashok Vidyarthi & Ors.

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Reported as [2015] 14 S.C.R. 1190
Bench Ranjan Gogoi J.
Decided 16 December 2015

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What the Court ordered

For the aforesaid reasons, we do not find any merit in these appeals, the same are being accordingly dismissed.

Judgment, page 17

From the headnote

Hindu law - Hindu undivided family - Hindu widow - Role assigned - Held: Hindu Widow is not a coparcener in the HUF of her husband and, thus, cannot act as Karta of the HUF after the death of her husband - Hindu Widow can act as the Manager of the HUF in her capacity as the guardian of the sole surviving minor male coparcener - Two expressions Karta and Manager are not synonymous - Expression 'Manager' may be understood as denoting a role distinct from that of the Karta - In a case where male adult coparcener has died and there is no male coparcener . surviving or where the sole male

Where later benches applied it

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