Supreme Court of India

Basanti Devi (dead) by Lrs & Ors v. Rati Ram & Ors.

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Reported as [2018] 6 S.C.R. 1029
Bench N. V. Ramana and S. Abdul Nazeer JJ.
Decided 8 May 2018

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Resultantly, the appeal fails and it is accordingly dismissed.

Judgment, page 7

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Hindu Succession Act, 1956 – ss.14(1) and (2) – Applicability of – Suit filed by predecessors-in-interest of resp ondents against ‘SL’, predecessor-in-interest of appellants – Compromisedecree was passed wherein ‘SL’ was given limited right to use the sui t land and on his death his wife,‘ ’ would also have limited right in the land and on her death the land would revert to the respondents-plaintif fs – ‘SL’ died whereafter mutation was entered in favour of ‘ ’ – After ‘ ’ died, respondents-plaintiffs filed suit for possession – Suit decreed by trial court – First Appellate Court reversed the

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