Supreme Court of India
Tej Bhan (d) through Lr. & Ors. v. Ram Kishan (d) through Lrs. & Ors.
INSC stands for INDIAN SUPREME COURT. A neutral citation scheme assigned by the Court itself, so a judgment can be cited without depending on a commercial law reporter. INSC is the neutral citation scheme assigned by the Supreme Court, so a judgment can be cited without depending on a commercial law reporter.
What the Court ordered
In view of the above, we direct the Registry to place our order along with the appeal paper book before the Hon’ble Chief Justice of India for constituting an appropriate larger bench for reconciling [2024] 12 S.C.R. 519 Tej Bhan (D) Through Lr. & Ors. v.
Judgment, page 19
From the headnote
Issue for Consideration Clarity and certainty in the interpretation of Section 14 of the Hindu Succession Act, 1956. Headnotes† Hindu Succession Act, 1956 – s.14 – Clarity and certainity in interpretation: Held: This Court noticed that while following Tulsamma, the subsequent decisions in Thota Sesharathamma, Masilamani Mudaliar and Shakuntala Devi have made passing observations about the discordant note in the case of Karmi, Bhura and Gumpha but they have not been clearly and categorically overruled – Perhaps this is the reason why the subsequent decisions consistently followed the idea in
Authorities it was built on
- 1977 V. Tulasamma & Ors. v. V. Sesha Reddi (dead) by L.rs.
- 1965 Eramma v. Verrupanna & Ors.
- 1958 Gummalapura Taggina Matada Kotturuswami v. Setra Veeravva and Others
- 1976 Lonankutty v. Thomman & Another
- 2006 Sadhu Singh v. Gurdwara Sahib Narike and Ors.
- 2003 Ramabai Padmakar Patil (d) through Lrs. and Ors. v. Rukminibai Vishnu Vekhande and Ors.
- 1996 C. Masilamani Mudaliar and Ors. v. The Idol of Sri Swaminathaswami Swaminathaswami Thirukoil and Ors.
- 1991 Thota Sesharathamma and Anr. v. Thota Manikyamma (dead) by Lrs. and Ors.
- 1967 Mangal Singh & Ors. v. Shrimati Rattno & Anr.
- 2010 Gaddam Ramakrishnareddy & Ors. v. Gaddam Rami Reddy & Anr.
- 1994 Smt. Gumpha and Ors. v. Jaibal
- 2009 Santhanam v. State of Tamil Nadu
- 2013 Shivdev Kaur (d) by Lrs. & Ors. v. R.S. Grewal
- 1996 Bhoomireddy Chenna Reddy and Anr. v. Bhoospalli Pedda Verrappa (dead) by Lrs. and Anr.
- 1997 Sri Kanyaka Parameswari Anna Satram Committee and Ors. Etc. v. The Commissioner, Hindu Religious Charitable and Endowments and Ors. Etc.
- 1969 Rani Bai v. Shri Yadunandan Ram & Anr.
- 2015 Jupudypardhasarathy v. Pentapati Rama Krishna and Others
- 2022 Munni Devi Alias Nathi Devi (dead) Thr Lrs. & Ors. v. Rajendra Alias Lallu Lal (dead) Thr Lrs. & Ors.
- 1987 Smt. Gulwant Kaur & Another v. Mohinder Singh & Ors.
- 2000 Balwant Kaur and Anr. v. Chanan Singh and Ors.
- 2020 V. Kalyanaswamy (d) by Lrs. & Anr. v. L. Bakthavatsalam (d) by Lrs. & Ors.
- 1994 Bhura and Ors. v. Kashiram
- 2017 Mr. Ranvir Dewan v. Mrs. Rashmi Khanna & Anr.
- 1995 Nazar Singh and Ors. v. Jagjit Kaur and Ors.
- 2007 Santhosh and Ors. v. Saraswathibai and Anr.
- 2021 V. Anantha Raju & Anr v. T.M. Narasimhan & Ors.
- 2022 Jogi Ram v. Suresh Kumar & Ors
- 1969 Badri Pershad v. Smt. Kanso Devi
Sign in free to read it
- The full judgment, page by page, as published in the Supreme Court Reports
- The ratio: what the Court held, verbatim, with the page it sits on
- Every bench that relied on it, and every bench that argued against it
- Search every reported judgment, by party, citation or question
- Download the PDF, copy pinpoint citations ready for a filing
An email address, no password.