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Supreme Court and High Courts judgments on Ancestral property

52 judgments, latest first, from 2018 to 2025. A judgment is listed here when its headnote names this subject: the Supreme Court Reports' own headnote (filed under the provisions below, or naming the subject), or an AI-written headnote that was reviewed and approved. A mention in the full text alone does not count, and criminal cases are not listed under this subject.

P. Anjanappa (D) By Lrs vs A.P. Nanjundappa & Ors.
SC · 6 November 2025
[2025] 11 S.C.R. 423 : 2025 INSC 1286
Issue arose whether the registered release deeds are valid and binding, and if so, what is their legal effect on the membership and share entitlements of plaintiff no. 2 and defendant no. 3; whether the document styled a…
Dastagirsab vs Sharanappa @ Shivasharanappa Police Patil (D) by LRs. & Ors.
SC · 16 September 2025
[2025] 9 S.C.R. 1053 : 2025 INSC 1120
Whether the suit land was sold to 5th defendant by 1st defendantKarta for legal necessity i.e. the marriage of his daughter ‘K’.
Ram Charan & Ors. vs Sukhram & Ors.
SC · 17 July 2025
[2025] 8 S.C.R. 272 : 2025 INSC 865
Issue arose whether a tribal woman or her legal heirs would be entitled to an equal share in her ancestral property or not.
Machhindranath S/O Kundlik Tarade Deceased through Lrs. vs Ramchandra Gangadhar Dhamne & Ors.
SC · 2 June 2025
[2025] 7 S.C.R. 307 : 2025 INSC 795
Whether the conveyance of the suit land by the original plaintiff dated 02.11.1971 in favour of defendant no.1 could have been done and, the same having been done, could be sustained in law; whether the subsequent releas…
Smt. Shaifali Gupta vs Smt. Vidya Devi Gupta & Ors.
SC · 20 May 2025
[2025] 7 S.C.R. 69 : 2025 INSC 739
Issue arose as to the correctness of the order passed by the court of first instance as well as the High Court rejecting the application u/Ord.VII r.11 CPC; and whether the property in respect of which the suit, claim or…
Angadi Chandranna vs Shankar & Ors.
SC · 22 April 2025
[2025] 4 S.C.R. 1417 : 2025 INSC 532
The main dispute in the lis is, whether the suit property was ancestral or self-acquired property of defendant no.1.
Manjunath Tirakappa Malagi and Anr. vs Gurusiddappa Tirakappa Malagi (Dead through Lrs)
SC · 21 April 2025
[2025] 4 S.C.R. 1409 : 2025 INSC 514
Whether a fresh suit can be filed to challenge a compromise decree.
Chandan Ramamurthi & Anr vs M.R Krishnamurthi & Anr
Delhi HC · 24 December 2024
Two consolidated civil suits arising out of a family dispute over immovable property bearing No. A-16, Niti Bagh, New Delhi, originally owned by Late Sh. M.K. Ramamurthi. In CS(OS) 1279/2010, the plaintiffs Kailash Aggar…
Nisar Ahmad & Ors. vs Sami Ullah (Dead) Through Lrs. & Anr.
SC · 24 October 2024
[2024] 10 S.C.R. 1855 : 2024 INSC 820
Issue as regards the shares of the parties in the disputed land. High Court whether justified in upholding the order passed by the Deputy Director of Consolidation in revision and holding that the appellants had 1/12 sha…
Jayashree Jayanth vs N. Krishnaswamy
Karnataka HC · 22 October 2024
This Regular First Appeal was filed under Order XLI Rule 1 read with Section 96 of the Code of Civil Procedure, challenging the judgment and decree dated 05.07.2016 passed in O.S. No. 6285/2008 by the XXXVII Additional C…
Neelam Gupta & Ors. vs Rajendra Kumar Gupta & Anr.
SC · 14 October 2024
[2024] 10 S.C.R. 708 : 2024 INSC 769
Issue arose as to whether the impugned judgment is to be sustained in view of the indisputable or undisputed facts; whether the suit schedule property is the Joint Hindu Family property; whether the finding of the High C…
Gurpreet Kaur And Another vs Kulwant Singh Alias Beant Singh And Others
P&H HC · 14 October 2024
The appellants (plaintiffs) filed a civil suit in 2015 seeking a decree of declaration and permanent injunction in respect of ancestral property belonging to the estate of Shri Tej Partap Singh, who had two wives — Smt.…
Chandro And Anr vs Amit Kumar And Anr
P&H HC · 27 August 2024
The appellants, mother and son of the judgment debtor Dinesh Kumar, filed third party objections in execution proceedings challenging the attachment of property claimed to be ancestral. The property had descended from Fu…
Smt Saroja Devi vs Sri N Krishna Murthy
Karnataka HC · 22 August 2024
This is a Regular First Appeal filed by the unsuccessful plaintiff No. 2 (appellant), challenging the judgment and decree passed by the III Additional City Civil Judge, Bangalore City in O.S. No. 1563/1996, which dismiss…
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.
Jugal Kishore Khanna (D) Thr. Lrs. & Anr. vs Sudhir Khanna & Ors.
SC · 19 March 2024
[2024] 3 S.C.R. 838 : 2024 INSC 224
Whether the High Court erred in finding without any evidence that the amount alleged to have been paid as the value of share in Joint Hindu Family property is not so but for some other purpose.
Elumalai @ Venkatesan & Anr. vs M. Kamala and Ors. & etc.
SC · 25 January 2023
[2023] 1 S.C.R. 261 : 2023 INSC 83
Release Deed – Effect of – Spes Successionis – Estoppel – Warding off, of estoppel by heirs of the person whose conduct created the estoppel – Impropriety of – Dispute regarding selfacquired property of ‘S’ – ‘S’ had mar…
Gitabai Maruti Raut (Dead) through Lr. & Ors. vs Pandurang Maruti Raut (Dead) through Lrs. & Ors.
SC · 11 August 2022
[2022] 6 S.C.R. 1068 : 2022 INSC 817
Suit – For partition – Joint Family ancestral property – A suit for partition in the Joint Family Property was filed by plaintiff for the properties situated in two villages-1 and 2 – ‘B’ was the common ancestor and left…
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…
K.C. Laxmana vs K.C. Chandrappa Gowda & Anr.
SC · 19 April 2022
[2022] 3 S.C.R. 40 : 2022 INSC 432
K.C. LAXMANA v. K.C. CHANDRAPPA GOWDA & ANR. (Civil Appeal No. 2582 of 2010) APRIL 19, 2022 [S. ABDUL NAZEER AND KRISHNA MURARI, JJ.] Limitation Act, 1963: Articles 58 and 109 – Plaintiff challenged alienation of portion…
State of Punjab and Others vs Dev Brat Sharma
SC · 16 March 2022
[2022] 2 S.C.R. 528 : 2022 INSC 316
Court Fees Act, 1870: s.7 – Computation of Fees – Money suit – Respondent filed a suit for recovery of Rs.20 Lakhs as damages on account of denying the status of freedom fighter and affixed court fees of Rs.50 – Appellan…
B. R. Patil vs Tulsa Y. Sawkar & Ors.
SC · 9 February 2022
[2022] 13 S.C.R. 569 : 2022 INSC 165
Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 -Order II r.2,3 - Joinder of causes of action – Order II r. 3 does not compel a plaintiff to join two or more causes of action in a single suit - The failure to join together all claims aris…
K. Arumuga Velaiah vs P.R. Ramasamy and Anr.
SC · 27 January 2022
[2022] 11 S.C.R. 692 : 2022 INSC 103
Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 – Res Judicata –Registration Act, 1908 – s.17 – One ‘PS’ had two wives – From his first wife, he had 4 daughters and a son (first defendant) and through his second wife he had two sons; seco…
Arunachala Gounder (Dead) by Lrs. vs Ponnusamy and Ors.
SC · 20 January 2022
[2022] 1 S.C.R. 269 : 2022 INSC 74
Hindu Succession Act, 1956: Self acquired property of male Hindu dying intestate – Right of daughter of such male Hindu to inherit – Held: If a property of a male Hindu dying intestate is a self acquired property or obta…
M.R. Vinoda vs M.S. Susheelamma (D) by Lrs. and Others
SC · 13 December 2021
[2021] 12 S.C.R. 557 : 2021 INSC 878
Hindu Law: Mitakshara law – Functions of Karta – Validity of Relinquishment Deed – In the instant case, there were three branches of Joint Hindu Family – On 15 April 1961, the eldest members of the three branches execute…
R. Janakiammal vs S.K. Kumarasamy(Deceased) through Legal Representatives and Others
SC · 30 June 2021
[2021] 6 S.C.R. 333 : 2021 INSC 316
Code of Civil Procedure, 1908: Or.XXIII r.3 – Compromise decree – r.3 of Or. XXIII provides that where it is proved to the satisfaction of the Court that a suit has been adjusted wholly or in part by any lawful agreement…
Kiran Devi vs The Bihar State Sunni Wakf Board & Ors.
SC · 5 April 2021
[2021] 7 S.C.R. 86 : 2021 INSC 224
KIRAN DEVI v. THE BIHAR STATE SUNNI WAKF BOARD & ORS. (Civil Appeal No. 6149 of 2015) APRIL 05, 2021 [ASHOK BHUSHAN, S. ABDUL NAZEER AND HEMANT GUPTA, JJ.] Hindu Law: Hindu joint family property – Presumption of – Held:…
U.A. Basheer Thr. G.P.A. Holder vs State of Karnataka & Anr.
SC · 17 February 2021
[2021] 1 S.C.R. 893 : 2021 INSC 95
Urban Land (Ceiling and Regulation) Act, 1976 – ss.6(1), 8(1),(4), 10(1), (3),(6), 42 – Urban Land (Ceiling and Regulation) Repeal Act, 1999 – ss.3(1)(a), (2), 4, 5 – Joint family property of two sisters under various Su…
Vineeta Sharma vs Rakesh Sharma & Ors.
SC · 11 August 2020
[2020] 10 S.C.R. 135 : 2020 INSC 487
Hindu Succession Act, 1956 – s.6 as amended by Hindu Succession (Amendment) Act, 2005 – Interpretation of – Held: The provisions contained in substituted s.6 of the Hindu Succession Act, 1956 confer status of coparcener…
V. Kalyanaswamy (D) by Lrs. & Anr. vs L. Bakthavatsalam (D) by Lrs. & Ors.
SC · 17 July 2020
[2020] 9 S.C.R. 619 : 2020 INSC 455
Hindu Succession Act, 1956 – Death before enactment of – Effect of – One ‘RVN’ had two sons (‘LN’ and ‘RN’) and five daughters – ‘LN’ had four sons – ‘RN’ was married to ‘RK’, they did not have any issue – ‘RN’ passed aw…

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