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.

Bhagwat Sharan (Dead Thr. Lrs.) vs Purushottam & Ors.

SC · 3 April 2020

[2020] 10 S.C.R. 579 : 2020 INSC 327

Hindu Law – Property of Hindu Undivided Family (HUF) – Burden to prove – Person had four sons – 2 sons severed and had no connection with property of the family – Two branches left in the family – Suit filed by descendan…

Desh Raj vs Balkishan (D) through Proposed Lr Ms. Rohini

SC · 20 January 2020

[2020] 5 S.C.R. 14 : 2020 INSC 59

DESH RAJ v. BALKISHAN (D) THROUGH PROPOSED LR MS. ROHINI (Civil Appeal No. 433 of 2020) JANUARY 20, 2020 [S. A. BOBDE, CJI, B.R. GAVAI AND SURYA KANT, JJ.] Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 – Or. VIII, r. 1 – Timeline for fi…

M. Arumugam vs Ammaniammal and Ors.

SC · 8 January 2020

[2020] 1 S.C.R. 41 : 2020 INSC 14

Hindu Succession Act, 1956 – ss.4(b), 6, 8, 19 & 30 – Joint family – Role of Karta vis-a-vis minor members – Defendant nos.1 & 2 formed coparcenary, with their father, which owned the suit property – Father died intestat…

Trijugi Narain (Dead) through Legal Representatives and Others vs Sankoo (Dead) through Legal Representatives and Others

SC · 10 December 2019

[2019] 16 S.C.R. 1049 : 2019 INSC 1344

Hindu Law – Property – Merger agreement signed by sovereign Ruler with the Dominion of India – Consequences with regard to the nature of the property – Impartible estate or coparcenary property – The then Maharaja of the…

Radha Bai vs Ram Narayan & Ors.

SC · 22 November 2019

[2019] 17 S.C.R. 119 : 2019 INSC 1273

Hindu Succession Act, 1956 – ss. 6 and 8 – Share in the property – A land was owned and possessed by one ‘S’ – S’ had two sons ‘J’ and ‘P’ – ‘J’ had two sons defendant No. 4 and father of the appellant-plaintiff – Appell…

Mishra and S. Abdul Nazeer, Jj.] vs Sarah C. Urs & Ors.

SC · 24 October 2019

[2019] 13 S.C.R. 1069 : 2019 INSC 1186

Estoppel – When not attracted – Suit property let out to plaintiff no.2 by the late father of defendant no.1 and defendant no.1 – Father of defendant no.1, represented by defendant no.1 as power of attorney, entered into…

Govindbhai Chhotabhai Patel & Ors. vs Patel Ramanbhai Mathurbhai

SC · 23 September 2019

[2019] 13 S.C.R. 152 : 2019 INSC 1070

Hindu Law – Self-acquired property bequeathed by the father in favour of the son – Nature of such property in the hands of the son – Appellants-plaintiffs are sons of the Donor (since deceased) – During his life time, th…

Vithaldas Jagannath Khatri (D) through Shakuntala alias Sushma & Ors. vs The State of Maharashtra Revenue and Forest Department & Ors.

SC · 29 August 2019

[2019] 11 S.C.R. 913 : 2019 INSC 976

Maharashtra Agricultural Lands (Ceiling on Holdings) Act, 1961: ss.8, 10, 11, 21, 44B – Ceiling limits – Partition Deed dated 31.01.1970 (duly registered on 1.07.1970) executed between appellant, his wife, minor son and…

Chandrakant Baban Motkari & Ors. vs Gotiram Laxman Motkari (D) by Lrs. & Ors.

SC · 27 August 2019

[2019] 11 S.C.R. 780 : 2019 INSC 962

CHANDRAKANT BABAN MOTKARI & ORS. v. GOTIRAM LAXMAN MOTKARI (D) BY LRS. & ORS. (Civil Appeal No. 2390 of 2011) AUGUST 27, 2019 [SANJAY KISHAN KAUL AND K. M. JOSEPH, JJ.] Bombay Tenancy and Agricultural Lands Act, 1948: ss…

Pramod Kumar & Anr. vs Zalak Singh & Ors.

SC · 10 May 2019

[2019] 7 S.C.R. 919 : 2019 INSC 666

Code of Civil Procedure, 1908: Order II, Rule 2(1) – Suit to include the whole claim – Two alienations by father of separate areas of the ancestral property, on different dates – Filing of separate suits for setting asid…

Mangathai Ammal (Died) through Lrs and Others vs Rajeswari & Others

SC · 9 May 2019

[2019] 7 S.C.R. 619 : 2019 INSC 664

Benami transactions: Transactions, whether benami or not – Determination of – Held: Payment of part sale consideration cannot be the sole criteria to hold the sale/transaction as benami – Intention of the person who cont…

Thulasidhara & Another vs Narayanappa & Others

SC · 1 May 2019

[2019] 8 S.C.R. 212 : 2019 INSC 603

Code of Civil Procedure, 1908: s.100 – Exercise of power under, scope – Suit for title and permanent injunction based on sale deed – Claim of defendants that suit property fell into share of husband of defendant no.1 and…

S. Subramanian vs S. Ramasamy etc. etc.

SC · 1 May 2019

[2019] 8 S.C.R. 250 : 2019 INSC 606

Suit: Suits for injunction and for partition of suit property – Claiming that the suit property was joint family property – Suit defended by appellant on the ground that the suit property was self acquired property and n…

Ajay Kumar vs Lata @ Sharuti & Ors.

SC · 8 April 2019

[2019] 6 S.C.R. 283 : 2019 INSC 473

Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005 – ss.2(f),2(q), 2(s), 12 – Award of maintenance – Complainant-first respondent case that she resided with her husband at a house which constituted ancestral Hindu Join…

Vijay A. Mittal & Ors. vs Kulwant Rai (Dead) Thr. Lrs. & Anr.

SC · 28 January 2019

[2019] 2 S.C.R. 507 : 2019 INSC 96

Suit – Specific performance of agreement – Agreement dated 12.06.1979 between the plaintiffs-respondents and the defendant no.1 (now represented by his legal representatives, appellant nos. 1 to 4 and 7) for sale of the…

Munishamappa & Ors. vs State of Karnataka

SC · 24 January 2019

[2019] 2 S.C.R. 386 : 2019 INSC 88

Criminal Law – Appeal against acquittal – Long-standing dispute between families of two brothers, accused no.5 (since deceased) and CW-29 in regard to ancestral property – Litigation ensued – Officials from the Survey De…

Kehar Singh (D) Thr. Lrs & Ors. vs Nachittar Kaur & Ors.

SC · 20 August 2018

[2018] 9 S.C.R. 986 : 2018 INSC 719

Punjab Custom (Power to Contest) Act, 1920: Dispute between plaintiff-son, father and the defendants-purchaser of the suit land from father – Suit for declaration that the sale deed in relation to the suit land was not b…

Shyam Narayan Prasad vs Krishna Prasad and Ors.

SC · 2 July 2018

[2018] 5 S.C.R. 36 : 2018 INSC 556

SHYAM NARAYAN PRASAD v. KRISHNA PRASAD AND ORS. (Civil Appeal No. 5415 of 2011) JULY 02, 2018 [ABHAY MANOHAR SAPRE AND S. ABDUL NAZEER, JJ.] Hindu Law – Mitakshara law – Property allotted to son in partition – Whether re…

Siddagangaiah (D) Thr. Lrs. vs N.K. Giriraja Shetty (D) Thr. Lrs.

SC · 11 May 2018

[2018] 6 S.C.R. 457 : 2018 INSC 506

Code of Civil Procedure, 1908: Or.XXI r.90, r/w s.47 – Suit for title and declaration filed on the basis of purchase of suit property from defendant no.1 – Defendant no. 2 who is wife of defendant no. 1 contended that de…

Mangammal @ Thulasi and Anr. vs T.B. Raju and Ors.

SC · 19 April 2018

[2018] 6 S.C.R. 776 : 2018 INSC 372

MANGAMMAL @ THULASI AND ANR. v. T.B. RAJU AND ORS. (Civil Appeal No. 1933 of 2009) APRIL 19, 2018 [R. K. AGRAWAL AND ABHAY MANOHAR SAPRE, JJ.] Hindu Succession Act, 1956 – s.29-A – Right of daughter in coparcenary proper…

Chhotanben and Anr. vs Kiritbhai Jalkrushnabhai Thakkar and Ors.

SC · 10 April 2018

[2018] 3 S.C.R. 422 : 2018 INSC 319

Code of Civil Procedure, 1908: Order VII, r.11(d) – Suit for declaration and permanent injunction – Alleging therein that the suit property was transferred by the defendants (co-owners) without knowledge of plaintiffs an…

Danamma @ Suman Surpur & Anr. vs Amar and Ors.

SC · 1 February 2018

[2018] 2 S.C.R. 553 : 2018 INSC 84

Hindu Succession (Amendment) Act, 2005 – s.6 – Applicability of – One ‘GS’ died in 2001 leaving behind his widow, two daughters (appellants) and two sons, including ‘AK’ – Suit for partition filed by respondent no.1 (son…

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