Supreme Court of India

Kiran Devi v. The Bihar State Sunni Wakf Board & Ors.

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Reported as [2021] 7 S.C.R. 86
Bench Ashok Bhushan, S. Abdul Nazeer and Hemant Gupta JJ.
Decided 5 April 2021

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Hindu Law: Hindu joint family property – Presumption o f – Held: There can be presumption of Hindu joint family property if the property has been acquired by the male member or if the same has been treated as joint Hindu family – However, n o such presumption is attached to a business activity carr ied out by an individual in a tenanted premise – Even if a male member had taken premises on rent, he is tenant in his individual capacity and not as Karta of Hindu Undivided Family in the absence of any evidence that Karta was doing the business for and on behalf of Joint Hindu Family – Hindu

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