Supreme Court of India
Munni Devi Alias Nathi Devi (dead) Thr Lrs. & Ors. v. Rajendra Alias Lallu Lal (dead) Thr Lrs. & Ors.
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From the headnote
Hindu Succession Act, 1956: s.14 – Property of a fe male Hindu to be her absolute property – Hindu widow – Right to hin du undivided property – Held: Hindu woman’s right to maintenance is a tangible right against the property which flows from t he spiritual relationship between the husband and the wife – Whe re a Hindu widow is found to be in exclusive settled legal pos session of the HUF property, that itself would create a presumptio n that such property was earmarked for realization of her pre-exist ing right of maintenance, more particularly when the surviving co-parcener did not earmark
Authorities it was built on
- 1977 V. Tulasamma & Ors. v. V. Sesha Reddi (dead) by L.rs.
- 1979 Bai Vajia (dead) by L. Rs. v. Thakorbhai Chelabhai and Ors.
- 2006 Sadhu Singh v. Gurdwara Sahib Narike and Ors.
- 1996 Bhoomireddy Chenna Reddy and Anr. v. Bhoospalli Pedda Verrappa (dead) by Lrs. and Anr.
- 1970 Dindyal & Anr. v. Rajaram
- 1969 Rani Bai v. Shri Yadunandan Ram & Anr.
- 1998 Raghubir Singh and Ors. v. Gulab Singh and Ors.
Where later benches applied it
- 2024 Tej Bhan (d) through Lr. & Ors. v. Ram Kishan (d) through Lrs. & Ors.
- 2024 Mukatlal v. Kailash Chand (d) through Lrs. and Ors.
Of those, 2 referred to
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