Supreme Court of India

Tej Bhan (d) through Lr. & Ors. v. Ram Kishan (d) through Lrs. & Ors.

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Reported as [2024] 12 S.C.R. 500
Bench Pamidighantam Sri Narasimha and Sandeep Mehta JJ.
Decided 9 December 2024

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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

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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

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