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Supreme Court judgments on Section 14, Hindu Succession Act, 1956

8 judgments, latest first, from 2018 to 2025. Listed when the Supreme Court Reports file the judgment's headnote under Section 14 of this Act, as printed at the start of the headnote. Judgments that only mention it in passing are not listed.

Sri Mahesh vs Sangram & Ors.
SC · 2 January 2025
[2025] 1 S.C.R. 62 : 2025 INSC 14
Issue arose whether by virtue of operation of the provisions of ss. 14(1) and 12(c) of the Hindu Succession Act, 1956, the defendant no.1-adoptive mother would become absolute owner of the property prior to the adoption…
Tej Bhan (D) Through Lr. & Ors. vs Ram Kishan (D) Through Lrs. & Ors.
SC · 9 December 2024
[2024] 12 S.C.R. 500 : 2024 INSC 945
Clarity and certainty in the interpretation of Section 14 of the Hindu Succession Act, 1956.
Mulakala Malleshwara Rao & Anr. vs State of Telangana & Anr.
SC · 29 August 2024
[2024] 8 S.C.R. 739 : 2024 INSC 639
The complaint, which set in motion the Criminal Law, was at the instance of Respondent No.2-complainant, who filed the same against the former in-laws of his elder daughter, for not returning the ornaments (gold) which h…
Mukatlal vs Kailash Chand (D) Through Lrs. and Ors.
SC · 16 May 2024
[2024] 6 S.C.R. 298 : 2024 INSC 428
Matter pertains to the right of the legal heir of Hindu widow to enforce her right of succession in the unpartitioned Joint Hindu Family property by virtue of s. 14(1) of the Hindu Succession Act, 1956.
Munni Devi alias Nathi Devi (Dead) Thr Lrs. & Ors. vs Rajendra alias Lallu Lal (Dead) Thr Lrs. & Ors.
SC · 18 May 2022
[2022] 3 S.C.R. 876 : 2022 INSC 590
Hindu Succession Act, 1956: s.14 – Property of a female Hindu to be her absolute property – Hindu widow – Right to hindu undivided property – Held: Hindu woman’s right to maintenance is a tangible right against the prope…
Jogi Ram vs Suresh Kumar & Ors.
SC · 1 February 2022
[2022] 9 S.C.R. 766 : 2022 INSC 131
Hindu Succession Act, 1956 – s.14(2) vis-à-vis 14(1) – Objective and applicability of – Held: Objective of sub-sec.(2) is that there cannot be a fetter in a owner of a property to give a limited estate if he so chooses t…
Ajit Kaur @ Surjit Kaur vs Darshan Singh (Dead) through Lrs. & Ors.
SC · 4 April 2019
[2019] 6 S.C.R. 443 : 2019 INSC 462
Hindu Succession Act, 1956: s. 14(1) – Property of a female Hindu to be her absolute property – Mere possession of property by a female, if sufficient to claim right u/s. 14(1) – Held: Mere possession would not confer pr…
Basanti Devi (Dead) by Lrs & Ors. vs Rati Ram & Ors.
SC · 8 May 2018
[2018] 6 S.C.R. 1029 : 2018 INSC 459
Hindu Succession Act, 1956 – ss.14(1) and (2) – Applicability of – Suit filed by predecessors-in-interest of respondents against ‘SL’, predecessor-in-interest of appellants – Compromise decree was passed wherein ‘SL’ was…

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